Word: odario
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...opera takes place in a small Austrian village in the middle of the eighteenth century. Hanswurst, a chimney-sweep, is madly in love with Columbina, whose father is Odario, the town money-grubber. Odario tries to wed his daughter to the richest man he can find, and he picks priggish Fleandar, a wig-curler in the guise of a nobleman. From there on, the plot takes every traditional turn imaginable, with ghosts peering from balconies and men dressed as women. By the end, of course, the good Hanswurst gains the hand of the sweet Columbina, Odario wins the coveted Stone...
...follows Schwartz's intricate stage directions to good effect. Randy Lindel, who plays Steckel, a town oaf, is often tiresome in his buffoonery: his eating scene at the beginning of the third act, however, is a wonderful replica of Squire Western's gluttony in Tom Jones. Lucian Russel, as Odario, sprinkles an appalling covetousness into the otherwise romantic script, grabbing for jewels and selling his lovely daughter. Randy Pyle, who plays the ghost of Steckel's father, conveys slightly more the circus clown parodying Hamlet than the spectre, although he fits both parts equally well...
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