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...James Michener has passed. But the man whose life should have been a movie ? and might be yet ? left us a few, based on the Fodor's-epics that came out of him like honest sweat...
...evening's tour de force is Act II of Tosca, with a lavishly bejeweled Galupe-Borszkh in the title role and the Hungarian baritone ``Fodor Szedan'' as her nemesis, Baron Scarpia. A much-brandished leg joint of a roast pig, a servant with an infectious body twitch and the wicked baron's narcolepsy (which becomes most pronounced during the heroine's stupendous singing of the work's signature aria Vissi d'arte) all figure heavily in a send-up that shatters every cliche in the trunk. Opera buffs can delight in spotting references to great, legitimate performances--from Tosca...
...evening's tour de force is Act II of Tosca, with a lavishly bejeweled Galupe-Borszkh in the title role and the Hungarian baritone "Fodor Szedan" as her nemesis, Baron Scarpia. A much- brandished leg joint of a roast pig, a servant with an infectious body twitch and the wicked baron's narcolepsy (which becomes most pronounced during the heroine's stupendous singing of the work's signature aria Vissi d'arte) all figure heavily in a send-up that shatters every cliche in the trunk. Opera buffs can delight in spotting references to great, legitimate performances -- from Tosca...
...thought the idea [for the program] was interesting and encouraged the station to broadcast it," said Erica R. Fodor of WMFP...
Scott A. McNeely, a writer and editor for the Berkeley Guides, says that Fodor's may have chosen Berkeley to illustrate "the epitome of East-West coast differences." He admits that much of the guidebook rivalry is based on stereotypes. At Berkeley, students may be "more politically aware, more aware of what's going on around the world, than at other schools...