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Hunt said the University does the best it canto accommodate disabled guests...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Commencement Viewing Impeded | 7/8/1994 | See Source »

...think it's basically to try as best you canto offer the same opportunities for women as youhave for men," Reardon added. "I have always feltthat it doesn't mean you have to spend exactly thesame amount of money [on men's and women'steams...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: New Plan Bolsters Women's Sports | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...well be Rossini, and it won't be long before some hummingbird scales and trills fly by. The song continues and bursts into fantastic runs up and down the octaves. Wait a minute, you say, as it becomes clear that this is not just another exercise in bloodless bel canto. The voice you are hearing is fresh and juicy. This singer can make the trills tease, the roulades flirt. She tosses off cruelly difficult music as naturally as if she were chatting on the car phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera's Roman Candle Newcomer | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...question of how to refresh opera's inherited visual cliches occupies every thinking director these days, especially when the genre is as terminal as bel canto: a collection of pretty tunes hung on the dusty skeleton of a story. Zambello's solution may be vilified in tartan-loving, canary-fancying quarters: unlike traditional stagings of Lucia, this one includes no kilts, no Scotsmen, no mountain greenery of any kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad, Bad and Dangerous | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...helpless damsel in distress than a strong, sexual woman who chooses death before dishonor -- Elektra's first cousin. Although she had some vocal difficulties on opening night (Donizetti's high notes are best not delivered while the soprano is on her knees or flat on her back), reigning bel canto diva June Anderson's forceful stage presence ensures that the heroine gives as good as she gets. Other notables include a promising American tenor, Richard Leech, as Lucia's lover Edgardo, whose still raw but heroically enthusiastic singing portends a major voice; and reliable baritone Juan Pons as Lucia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad, Bad and Dangerous | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

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