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potion
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po·tion (pshn)
n.
A liquid medicinal dose or drink.

potion
a large dose of liquid medicine.


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There was no salvation from a musical point of view, either, In fact, the magic potion that the two eponymous heros drink at the end of Act I seems, in Marthaler's case, to have been more a sleeping potion than a love potion and Tristan and Isolde remain somnambulists in what should be one of the most passionate love stories.
In restaging it for American Ballet Theatre, Anna-Marie Holmes has pared down the long, three-act, five-scene ballet to fit modern tastes and beefed up the action, using silent-movie tricks: sleeping potions, sword fights, a fantastic storm and a shipwreck.
Byline: Louise Palfreyman THERE were so many bowed heads in Symphony Hall on Tuesday that I wondered if a sleeping potion had infiltrated the air-conditioning.
 
 
 
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