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...seems so long ago. Because then, astonishingly, on the very morrow of their philosophical victory, just as the Republicans prepared to carry these ideas into battle in November, came cannon fire from the rear...
Certainly the plot of "The Marriage of Figaro" requires a tongue-in-cheek approach; on paper, it is the kind of convoluted intrigue that gives opera a bad name. Figaro (Brian Saccente), valet to the Count Almaviva (Josh Benaim), is about to marry his sweetheart Susanna (Sarita Cannon), but the Count also has his eye on her. Although the Count has abolished the droit du seigneur, which traditionally allowed the lord to deflower any bride on her wedding night, he is tempted to revive it in Susanna's case. Though a philanderer, the Count is fanatically suspicious of his innocent...
...Countess and Susanna have some of the most difficult vocal writing in the opera, and deLima and Cannon are at least equal to the challenge. Cannon's tone is strikingly beautiful--soft and delicate without being precious...
...conceivably able to sing the Countess' heavy and melancholy arias; as a junior, she is already a grande dame. For volume and range, her voice was unmatched. Her only deficiency was a certain shrillness or brittleness of tone, which was especially noticeable in her duet with the sweet-voiced Cannon, 'Canzonetta sull'aria...
...last the moral, political and philosophical imperatives came crashing down on their House. Gingrich spent the rest of the day talking with various factions within his ranks, and at 7 p.m. Thursday he summoned them to the Cannon building to offer his proposal. Dole had, in essence, taken 10 steps so the others could take five. It was the sort of leadership that earned him, in another venue, a chestful of medals and a withered right arm. Some freshmen could not believe their own House leader was deserting the cause. "There is not a need to cave," said an incredulous...