Word: dictional
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...Caliph, drake is even more personable than he was in Kiss Me Kate. Drake is onstage almost continuously,a nd his jaunty gusto as he revels in the foolishness of the script sets the tone and pace of the whole production. With a sturdy baritone and superb diction, Drake gives his songs far better treatment than they deserve, projecting all to clearly some atrocities in the lyries, but making a number like "Gesticulate" seem quite imaginative...
...Friday night, the Harvard Glee Club reaffirmed its position as one of the foremost college choruses in the country. Lotti's Crucifixus was rendered with impeccable diction and great emotional intensity. Mr. Woodworth distinguished carefully between flowing counter-point and contrasting chant-like sections, and he never permitted the tempo to lag. After this elegant bow to the Baroque a selection from Berlioz' Damnation of Faust did not fare so well. The attacks were often uncertain, and the singers almost shouted some of the high notes. A lack of preparation was apparent in some nearly disastrous mistakes and the frantic...
...Manila barbershop. There are some interesting effects when the lower voices chant monosyllables against a tenor melody, but the overall result often seemed too much like an M-G-M sound track. Choruses by Gilbert and Sullivan showed the Glee Club to best advantage. The all-important diction was perfectly clear and the piano accompaniment of Lawrence Berman '56 and William Lindahl '55 added to the zest of the singing...
...daughter to the Caliph, Drake is even more personable than he was in Kiss Mc Kate. Drake is onstage almost continuously, and his jaunty gusto as he revels in the foolishness of the script sets the tone and pace of the whole production. With a sturdy baritone and superb diction, Drake gives his songs far better treatment than they deserve, projecting all too clearly some atrocities in the lyrics, but making a number like "Gesticulate" seem quite imaginative...
...will focus on basic techniques of diction and pantomime. Chapman said he and Mrs. Howe would spend two hours a week in acting instruction. Students will be asked to spend at least two other hours a week, probably divided between fencing and ballet instruction and memory work for the acting classes...