Word: farinelli
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Sony Harvard Square. 10 Church St.,Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thursday, April 20. "FunnyBones" at 1:15, 4:30 and 9:50 p.m. "Rob Roy" at12:45, 4:15, 7:25 and 10:15 p.m. "Farinelli" at1:45, 5, 7:45 and 10:25 p.m. "Circle of Friends"at 1:30, 4, 6:45 and 9:35 p.m. "Jefferson inParis...
...early operas such emasculated male soprano songbirds as Senesino and Farinelli embellished their arias beautifully and at will, until Gluck in the second half of the 18th Century put them in their place with pinpoint notation, made them stick to the score...
Pale, haggard, he sought the villa of Joseph Farinelli, his wealthy friend. His bodyguard, 20 strong, was swelled by a cordon of Swiss police desperately uneasy lest he be assassinated. Secretly he returned the official calls of his distinguished confréres, who were busy with the final details of the Pact. In these last-minute negotiations he took no part. With the fears and the aloofness of a Sultan he remained secluded until the hour when he must add his pen scratch to the others...
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