Even, comparable to the folk tale of Victorians putting trousers on pianos so no one could see the legs.

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In another concert, a Korean opera singer residing in Japan revived a popular opera based on a Korean romantic folk tale.

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His most recent effort, the sprawling 17-song folk tale My Name Is Buddy, revisits the Dustbowl ballad form and Depression-era road songs.

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However, it is a kind of collective dream, or nightmare, a folk tale whose truth in not in the historicity or veracity but social reality.

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It is based on a traditional folk tale in which a ghost falls in love with a woman and takes the form of her husband to be with her.

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The festival begins with Mr. Varone and the premiere of his dance "Mouth Above Water" (Feb. 22-24), a fractured take on a folk tale examining themes of love, murder and music.

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It sounds very conventional satire but Ms Schoenle thrusts steel into her tale as she sends up the empty world of media folk addicted to sensation and lifestyle.

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