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...conventions of the genre are utilized with unabashed audacity. The recitative and aria da capo turn up all over the place with genuinely satiric twists, as well as cadences which would have sent Rossini right out of the auditorium. The proceedings were further disrupted by the intrusion of a full-fledged jazz number. Mr. Perkins has an especially disarming command of dissonance, which he uses tastefully and moderately to underline the humorous aspects of the music...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: Divertimento and The Poor Sailor | 4/18/1958 | See Source »

Male Performance: Eugene Gervasi, as Corydon in Millay's "Aria Da Capo"; Harold Scott, as The Son in "The Purification"; James Stinson, as Herby in Lawrence's "Six Strings...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Harvard Theatre: 1956-1957 | 5/21/1957 | See Source »

...room for them. He is confident that there soon will be room; last week he rejoiced at the news that Naples' church and civil authorities had granted permission for him to move his shelter out of the slums and up to a site he has picked out on Capo di Monte, which overlooks the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Spinning Tops | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

Safe in Sicily. Said 50-year-old Luigi Crevatini on finding that his house was on the wrong side of the frontier: "Until 1944 I lived in Fiume. Then I saw how things were going, and I moved to Capo-distria. When Capodistria became Zone

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Line | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

...seemed more skillful dancers, in general, but the performances were very good throughout. The weak point of the evening was the singing. Although a chubby foursome, the Dowd quartet, gave a good account of themselves, the singing of Miss Dunham; as well as that of guitar-strumming Bobby Capo, could well have been omitted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Katherine Dunham's Tropical Review" | 12/8/1944 | See Source »

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