Word: figaro
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FRANCE "...Americans ought to elect a Pope instead of a President. --Editorial, Le Figaro...
...Harvard, Saccente said he was particularly proud of having played the role of Figaro in last year's Dunster House Opera's production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. In the long term, Saccente said he hopes to become a stage actor...
...with a kazoo and a bullhorn) and some rock-climbing gear. Climb to the roof of your building and have a roommate lower you down to a position just outside your upstairs neighbors' window while they are sleeping. Then play and sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody ("Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Figaro!" -that one) until the police come. Do this every morning until your neighbors buy a firearm, and your problem will be solved: You will soon be enrolled at another college or a state-run institution...
...awarding the Levi prize to deLima, Wilson listed her accomplishments in musical theater, including playing Countess Almaviva in Dunster House's "The Marriage of Figaro" and holding the title role in the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players' production of "Patience...
...Mozart Overture to "Le nozze di Figaro" fits right into the Valentine theme with the opera's classic comedic plot, replete with anticipated marriages, star-crossed crushes, and a character named Cherubino. Like the opera, the overture too is a classic. It is a sweeping, theatrical piece with sudden dynamic changes and deft technical work in the string section, all of which were handled perfectly by the orchestra. The effect produced by the period instruments on a piece normally performed by a much larger orchestra was interesting; the thin, pure sound of the violins juxtaposed with the raw yet perfectly...