Word: consorte
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...Scala and the Met. Today he handles all contract negotiations, has long since become inured to being addressed by his wife's name. Says he: "Victoria sings, but later she is the classic Spanish woman in her home. In private life, she is my wife, not I the consort of Victoria de los Angeles." ¶Belgrade-born Dragan Debeljevic, 39, abandoned plans for a career as an art and musical historian to guide the career of his wife, Swiss-born Soprano Lisa Delia Casa. While he was studying at the University of Zurich he heard Delia Casa sing, married...
...have a darkroom and a do-it-yourself workshop in the basement, and both are expected to live quietly for a time, as befits newlyweds. Thus last week, the fairy tale ended as a fairy tale should, with the hope of all Britain that the princess and her consort will live happily ever after...
...none matched the way he pushed forward his handsome young Greek nephew, the fair-haired but indigent Prince Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucks-burg. He arranged his nephew's first meet ing with 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, watched over their friendship until he saw Philip become consort to the Queen...
Eighteenth Century Recorder Music (The Recorder Consort; Classic Editions). Charming, lively chamber works by Alessandro Scarlatti, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680-1730), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) and Bach, proving that the flutelike recorder, usually belittled as an amateur's instrument, can be as stimulating a voice as any woodwind...
...biggest member is Canada, which was also the pacesetter in the step-by-step process of converting colonies into nations. Last week, in the most characteristic ruling gesture she can make, Elizabeth II, accompanied by her consort and a retinue of 31 ladies, maids and retainers, began an exhaustive, exhausting Canadian tour to show herself as the Commonwealth's cohesive symbol not only to the leaders but especially to the plain people of Canada...