New York -- Character singer Charles Anthony, who set the record for most appearances at the Metropolitan Opera – 2,928 – during a career that spanned from 1954 to 2010, died Wednesday. He was 82.
Anthony, a tenor, died at his home in Tampa, Fla., from kidney failure following a long illness, Met spokesman Peter Clark said.
"Your talent, demeanor, joy and heart will be missed," mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer wrote on Twitter. "What a loss."
Beginning his career at the old Met on Broadway and moving uptown with the company to its new home at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1966, Anthony was a "comprimario," or supporting singer.
He shared the stage with the greatest classical artists of several eras, performing in the Met debuts of Marian Anderson, Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Jose Carreras.
"It's no exaggeration to say that Charlie Anthony is the soul of the Metropolitan Opera,...
Anthony, a tenor, died at his home in Tampa, Fla., from kidney failure following a long illness, Met spokesman Peter Clark said.
"Your talent, demeanor, joy and heart will be missed," mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer wrote on Twitter. "What a loss."
Beginning his career at the old Met on Broadway and moving uptown with the company to its new home at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1966, Anthony was a "comprimario," or supporting singer.
He shared the stage with the greatest classical artists of several eras, performing in the Met debuts of Marian Anderson, Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Jose Carreras.
"It's no exaggeration to say that Charlie Anthony is the soul of the Metropolitan Opera,...
- 2/16/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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Thursday, March 13 (Australia)
SYDNEY -- For Miramax Films' opening gambit in Australian film production, the company has banked on three little-known comedians in their debut film, "You Can't Stop the Murders". Although the cheap, underdeveloped feel of the film indicates that huge sums of money weren't thrown at the project, this low-wattage gamble may ultimately prove a minor embarrassment for Miramax in Australia.
Gary (Gary Eck) is a small-town cop burdened with a dopey sidekick (Akmal Saleh) and a complete lack of criminal action to actually police. That soon changes. The first victim is a biker, then a construction worker, then a sailor ... and soon the film's title starts to make sense. Enter city cop Tony Charles Anthony Mir), whose use of extreme violence in the urban jungle sees him sent to help the small-town cops with the case.
"Murders" fires off in all directions without ever finding a consistent tone. The drive of the plot suggests a pitch-black comedy, but the film peddles a relaxed, good-natured feel that undercuts all of the elements that initially make it compelling. Despite boasting a very funny premise that could have worked on a number of levels, there is nothing fresh or interesting about what is on offer here.
While the script by stars Eck, Saleh and Mir is peppered with stinging one-liners, Mir directs n a sluggish manner. The obviously low budget makes the number of "crowd scenes" awkwardly thin, while the washed-out locations fail to create the feel of small-town life that the film needed to make the whole premise work.
Saleh is a scene-stealing delight. Mir is a dervish of comic energy. Eck does his best with the straight-man role, but most of the set-ups see the comics spinning their wheels.
YOU CAN'T STOP THE MURDERS
Miramax Films and Showtime Australia present A Big Mo Film in association with SBS Independent, the New South Wales Film and Television Office and the Australian Film Commission
Credits:
Director: Anthony Mir
Screenwriters: Gary Eck, Anthony Mir, Akmal Saleh
Producer: Anastasia Sideris
Director of photography: Justin Brickle
Production designer: Sam Hobbs
Costume designer: Justine Seymour
Music: Jamie Fonti
Editor: Rochelle Oshlack
Cast:
Constable Gary: Gary Eck
Constable Akmal: Akmal Saleh
Detective Tony Charles: Anthony Mir
Chief Carter: Richard Carter
Julia Broadmeadows: Kirsty Hutton
Running time -- 99 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Thursday, March 13 (Australia)
SYDNEY -- For Miramax Films' opening gambit in Australian film production, the company has banked on three little-known comedians in their debut film, "You Can't Stop the Murders". Although the cheap, underdeveloped feel of the film indicates that huge sums of money weren't thrown at the project, this low-wattage gamble may ultimately prove a minor embarrassment for Miramax in Australia.
Gary (Gary Eck) is a small-town cop burdened with a dopey sidekick (Akmal Saleh) and a complete lack of criminal action to actually police. That soon changes. The first victim is a biker, then a construction worker, then a sailor ... and soon the film's title starts to make sense. Enter city cop Tony Charles Anthony Mir), whose use of extreme violence in the urban jungle sees him sent to help the small-town cops with the case.
"Murders" fires off in all directions without ever finding a consistent tone. The drive of the plot suggests a pitch-black comedy, but the film peddles a relaxed, good-natured feel that undercuts all of the elements that initially make it compelling. Despite boasting a very funny premise that could have worked on a number of levels, there is nothing fresh or interesting about what is on offer here.
While the script by stars Eck, Saleh and Mir is peppered with stinging one-liners, Mir directs n a sluggish manner. The obviously low budget makes the number of "crowd scenes" awkwardly thin, while the washed-out locations fail to create the feel of small-town life that the film needed to make the whole premise work.
Saleh is a scene-stealing delight. Mir is a dervish of comic energy. Eck does his best with the straight-man role, but most of the set-ups see the comics spinning their wheels.
YOU CAN'T STOP THE MURDERS
Miramax Films and Showtime Australia present A Big Mo Film in association with SBS Independent, the New South Wales Film and Television Office and the Australian Film Commission
Credits:
Director: Anthony Mir
Screenwriters: Gary Eck, Anthony Mir, Akmal Saleh
Producer: Anastasia Sideris
Director of photography: Justin Brickle
Production designer: Sam Hobbs
Costume designer: Justine Seymour
Music: Jamie Fonti
Editor: Rochelle Oshlack
Cast:
Constable Gary: Gary Eck
Constable Akmal: Akmal Saleh
Detective Tony Charles: Anthony Mir
Chief Carter: Richard Carter
Julia Broadmeadows: Kirsty Hutton
Running time -- 99 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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