Word: fra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must surely be the longest individual part in the operatic literature. The saint appears in seven of the eight tableaux and does much, if not most, of the singing in each. At the composer's request, Giuseppe Crisolini-Malatesta based the sets and costumes on paintings by Fra Angelico, Giotto and Matthias Grünewald. As staged by Sandro Sequi, scenes are played in small, diorama-like boxes to emphasize the work's distant, legendary quality. The only serious dramatic defect is the sixth scene, the sermon to the birds, which was intended to be the high point...
...reason for having a strong military [according to the right] was ultimately to protect our women..."After all." [Congressman John] Schmidt argued never for a moment doubting that the FRA would mean instant conscription of American women into combat duty...