Word: montezuma
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...freak of nature is a baroque opera with a dramatically engrossing plot. Such is the case with Montezuma, whose book was by Frederick the Great of Prussia. The music is reputed to be quite up to the above-average standards of the plot, as well. With extensive pruning, the Associate Artists Opera are presenting a rare experience...
CYCLORAMA, BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Associate Artists Opera Company. Montezuma., an opera by Graun and Frederick the Great. Tickets...
...Gounod's Gift of the Gods. There were also two first performances this week. The New England Regional Opera (NERO) gave Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men its East Coast professional premiere last weekend at the Loeb, and the Associate Artists' Opera Company gave Karl Heinrich Graun's Montezuma its American premiere last night in Boston...
...Montezuma has, as Associated Artist's press releases modestly put it, "an unusual libretto by Frederick the Great." Graun was the flutist-emperor's court composer, and his duties included writing opera seria, all of which were naturally forgotten when baroque opera went out of style. The Associated Artists have resurrected Montezuma, with the castrati parts down an octave so that men can sing them...
...drug so frequently used that it is the traveler's best friend. That fond relationship has come under challenge by the American Medical Association. The A.M.A. Journal has not only questioned Entero-Vioform's effectiveness, but cautions that its heavy use may lead to complications that make "Montezuma's revenge" seem mild by comparison...