Word: eek
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pronounced Eek-o-sock or Eck-o-sock, optionally, and not to be confused with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). UNESCO is a semi-autonomous U.N. body which will probably have head quarters in Paris...
...trills, roulades, la-la-las and rarefied staccato eek-eeks of the coloratura are of ancient tradition. The most famed of all coloratura heroines, Lucia di Lammermoor (music also by Donizetti), goes mad, to the accompaniment of an implacable flute. That is typical. Most coloratura roles are in operas in which the heroine goes daft, is throttled, poisoned, knifed, or dies improbably of tuberculosis, along about 11 p.m. But in The Daughter of the Regiment, a coloratura has more chance for fun. The greatest singers of the last century-Jenny Lind, Adelina Patti, Marcella Sembrich, Luisa Tetrazzini-made the most...