Word: giovannis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most readily seen in the phenomenon of Harvard musical stage productions. Since Cosi fantutte at Leverett two years ago, there has been a steady escalation in the size and difficulty of productions. Last year there were productions of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat. Mozart's Don Giovanni and Britten's The Turn of the Screw: this year it was hard to decide whether to be more impressed by Leverett's production of The Marriage of Figaro or the Bach Society-Music Club concert performance of Fidelio. The more ambitions these projects become, the more time, money and professional assistance...
Ever since Mozart's Cosi Fan tutte was produced at Leverett House two years ago, musical theatre at Harvard has suffered from a bad case of escalation. L'Histoire du Soldat, Don Giovanni; and The Marriage of Figaro followed-in quick succession, and one shuddered to think where Harvard musicians would go from there...
...boxing world was once aghast to discover that Gene Tunney occasionally read books. So there is no telling how much damage Italy's Giovanni Benvenuti, 29, may do to the image of the sport. Imagine a prizefighter who looks like a Beatle, reads Voltaire, listens to Chopin, and trains on vintage wine. Actually, "Nino" Benvenuti never got past high school in his native Trieste, and something may be lost in the translation, since he speaks only Italian. But his interpreter at least uses words like "impetus" and "counterproductive," and ascribes to Nino such thoughtful pronouncements as "literature...
Such mixtures seem quite natural to Messiaen, who describes himself as "a born believer, musician and revolutionary." He taught himself to play the piano at eight, at ten was devouring the scores of Don Giovanni, Die Walkure and Pelleas et Melisande. He conceived a lifelong fascination with "all things mysterious and marvelous," and found that musical sounds gave him inner visions of colors; once, he got a stomach ache while watching a ballet because the violet hue of the lighting clashed so badly with the tonality of G major...
...DANNY KAYE SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "Giovanni's Wedding," an original five-act musical based on some of Kaye's earlier sketches about a shy Italian-tailor-come-to-America. Amzie Strickland plays the widow who breaks through Giovanni's shell and gently leads him to the altar...