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Word: elegante (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The crumbling walls of its Angevin castle still keep guard over Lundy's only landing place, whence the medieval barons De Marisco once dispatched their men to raid the coast of England. It was from Lundy that the elegant 17th century pirate "Admiral" Nutt defied the Royal Navy; where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUNDY: Untidy Little Island | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

Victor Manusevitch's programming for the second concert of the Cambridge Civic Symphony Orchestra was highly imaginative, but the Orchestra's response to his direction was often disappointing, for one reason or another. In the Mozart Piano concerto (K 271, in E flat) the very excellence of the soloist, a...

Author: By Edgar Murray, | Title: Cambridge Civic Symphony | 12/15/1959 | See Source »

A major asset of the company has been the scenic inventiveness of the gifted young American designers whom Miss Caldwell has commissioned. One of the handsomest operatic settings I have ever seen was the elegant interior of Bartolo's house that Robert O'Hearn conceived for last spring's Barber...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Operation Opera | 11/13/1959 | See Source »

The musical performance itself, as everybody agreed, was first-rate. Guided by Conductor Erich Leinsdorf, Principals Lisa Delia Casa, Cesare Siepi, Mildred Miller and Regina Resnik sang with the security and style that comes from long experience. Of the two singers making their debut, Finnish Bass-Baritone Kim Borg (as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fight over Figaro | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

Near the elegant main room of the "H.B.", a small room full of vases was uncovered. Though almost ready to close the expedition for the year, the two young archaeologists who found the area rushed to Professor Hanfmann who could verify the type of pottery. He excitedly identified the cases...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Harvard Professor Directs Excavations To Unearth Important Relics at Sardis | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

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