Word: figaro
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...those with a broader historical perspective have other things to commemorate. Like the 400th anniversary of Sir Walter Raleigh's first colony in the New World, the 300th anniversary of the completion of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, the 200th anniversary of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, the 100th anniversary of the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary and the 50th anniversary of Muzak. Muzak? Wouldn't that be like celebrating the first broadcast singing commercial...
...carefully mannered world of the Viennese court, such treachery is not hard to achieve. By playing off the Italian and German musical factions, Salieri insures that Mozart's operas--such as Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro--are yanked from the stage after only a handful of performances. Without official patronage, Mozart falls into debt and disfavor at the court...
...Flute he faints dead away at the piano. Portrait of the artist as a great man: while his wife and father bicker over money in the next room, Mozart slumps over a billiard table, takes a swig of wine and fleshes out Ah tutti contenti from The Marriage of Figaro, creating music of domestic ecstasy out of the discord of his family life...
This has not kept the arguments from raging on. The newspaper Le Figaro is continuing a three-week-old survey tallying the views of its readers for and against Pei's plan (some 90% favor the renovation but oppose the pyramid, says the paper...
...along with Desert, currently being worn by U.S. troops in the field. The relatively low price (as little as $13 for a commercial knockoff of four-pocket pants, one of the hottest sellers; from $23 to $30 for the Government version) and the antichic chic have obvious attractions. Robin Figaro, 26, a Chicago computer operator, bought her camouflage jumpsuit "because I like to be noticed." She adds, "I always tell people that my Army jacket was worn in Viet Nam. I think that is pretty cool...