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Two widely divergent contemporary operas were presented this weekend at Harvard and B.U. The first was The Man in The Man-Made Moon, by Joel Mandelbaum '53, given its world premier Saturday night. For the hour-long opera Mandelbaum wrote both the music and the libretto. His work is mostly...
"To Floyd Patterson, at the moment, the future seems faintly hazy but delightful. He hopes to buy his father and mother a house in the suburbs and to get his younger brothers and sisters out of the slums; he also hopes to make a million dollars and buy a farm...
The other presentation is a delightful version of Don Giovanni, that suave master of conquests--some 1003 in Spain we are told. In Mozart's opera the action covers just one day, but the Don tries like the devil to up his total by four or more. Naturally, he ends...
You mention the Kindness of the French Ladies to me. I must explain that matter. This is the civilest Nation upon Earth ... If 'tis understood that you like Mutton, dine where you will you find Mutton. Somebody, it seems, gave it out that I lov'd Ladies; and...
Once they are given a situation with some potential, the Marx Brothers tear into it with a delightful zest which makes up for much of the plot's weakness. Their skill barely saves many slapstick scenes from a fatal resemblance to televsion-style humor.