Word: marco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...leads among the Venetians, New England Conservatory first-year Stephen Beaudoin fares well as the cheerily optimistic and slightly dopey gondolier Marco, his fairly hearty (but once again too quiet) singing matched with an eye for physical comedy. Krishnan Unnikrishnan '02 is equally endearing and doltish as Giuseppe, fellow gondolier and possible heir-to-the-throne. Unnikrishnan hams it up remarkably well with lots of giggly smirks and "Aw, shucks" glances, but at times this silliness comes out as slightly effeminate camp--manly gondolieri do not typically bat their eyelashes when they're being serenaded by a lovely contadine...
...infant heir who was subsequently kidnapped but later found to be living as a gondolier in Venice. The operetta opens as the Duke and Duchess bring their daughter to Venice to claim her husband, only to find that not only is no one sure which of two gondoliers (Marco or Guiseppe) is the actual heir, but also that both men have already gotten married. To make matters worse, Casilda is passionately in love with Luiz, the lowly drummer-boy of the Duke and Duchess and cares nothing for her predestined husband. The operetta is spent unraveling all this insanity...
...carefree pitter-patter spirit of the show with their twirling skirts and appropriately suggestive smiles, this band of love-stricken Venetians could use a little more "cha-cha" in their "Cachucha" dance, and once again, a few more lessons in being louder and more boisterous. Maneuvering 16 singers (Marco, Guiseppe, their wives and 12 of their closest friends) around the tiny Agassiz stage is difficult and requires clockwork choreography and impeccably-enunciated singing, but this cast has the potential to make it work...
...years of regional conferences and planning culminated in a fruitful week of debates, according to Marco Antonio R. Dias, director of the UNESCO division of higher education...
Even down 3-0, Harvard showed no signs of giving up or giving in. The Crimson countered with its first goal four minutes later on a beautifully executed offensive sequence. Freshman forward Marco Soldo got the ball on the left side of the goal and tapped it to Smolen. Smolen expertly slipped the ball back to Soldo, who blasted it past Husky goalie Alan Lewis...