>Bear footed

by Roger Sutton
Oct 15, 2007 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
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Unlike this lucky little guy, who sat the whole thing out, I had to wear my big-boy shoes twice this weekend, first for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards on Friday and then again for Dame Kiri's farewell recital last night. Lolly and Kitty will be busy today to bring you more pictures and moments from Friday night's celebration; I'm betting Kiri has her feet up, too.

P.S. The photo is by Richard, whose birthday it is today. Happy birthday sweetheart!
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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annie dc

>Loved watching the presentations and speeches. I esp. loved what M.T. Anderson had to say.

Thanks for posting the link.

Posted : Oct 29, 2007 01:06

Roger Sutton

>Kiri was fun--her voice is still gorgeous and she looks great. The program was all over the place (Mozart, Strauss, Duparc, Poulenc, Britten, Puccini and some "fun" special material by Jake Heggie) but it didn't really matter. More a love fest than anything. At one point a fly was buzzing her, which Kiri handled with aplomb, and the crowd went nuts when she exchanged the demure Marian-blue gown of the first part for a sequined black strapless number in the second.

The most thrillingly outrageous use of classical music I've ever seen in a movie was Kiri singing Strauss's "Beim Schlafengehen" while Linda Hunt's character jumped to his death in The Year of Living Dangerously.

Posted : Oct 15, 2007 02:33

Alex Flinn

>Oh, how I envy you the concert! I'd have loved to have heard the Strauss particularly (Standchen was one of my senior recital pieces in college). Was it wonderful?

I have to admit it makes me feel very old to realize that the opera singers who ruled the stage in my youth are retiring and, in two recent cases, dying. Thank goodness for CDs!

Posted : Oct 15, 2007 02:24

Anonymous

>any hope of a time limit on acceptance speeches? thirty minutes of Mencken-inspired rant on the decline of American civilization seemed a bit too much

Posted : Oct 15, 2007 12:43

HG

>Oh I love Kiri - was the concert wonderful?

Posted : Oct 15, 2007 12:11

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