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...context in which it was originally created, by composer Henry Purcell and poet John Dryden. This balancing act was reflected in exaggeratedly graceful gestures, the use of the harpsichord and the theorbo (a string instrument more commonly used in the Baroque period), and the costumes, designed by Elisa M. Olivieri ’08. The 17th-century English audience expected actors to be dressed in the latest fashions. The cast of “King Arthur” was decked out accordingly, in shining gowns, pantaloons, and vests that were very appropriate for the opera’s 17th-century...

Author: By Olga A. Moskvina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Strong Revival Of Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...observers ran up to the taut ropes that controlled the bells in no particular order, receiving applause and support during and after their performances.Some people donned earplugs, while others roughed it while the gigantic bell known as “Mother Earth” clanged away. Klappermeister Elisa M. Olivieri ’08 says she has been making the weekly pilgrimage since the beginning of her freshman year.“When I found out Harvard had one of the only complete sets of Russian Bells in the world, I was pretty excited” she explains.She, along with...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hark, Hear The Bells, Sweet Russian Bells | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...season, with their buffalo on the mound, Bifulco had us 1-0 into the bottom of the sixth and last inning. Happily, I was due up fourth in the inning, and I felt sure I would not be the one to make the last out. That is until Guy Olivieri chipped a grounder down the first base line that went for a triple...

Author: By Andrew J. Sussman, | Title: Thanks for the Memories | 11/1/1986 | See Source »

...stumbled back to the bench, I could see Olivieri throw his helmet from third. The coach threw his clipboard. My fellow Dunkin' Donuts threw their hats...

Author: By Andrew J. Sussman, | Title: Thanks for the Memories | 11/1/1986 | See Source »

Sadly, many of them are now reduced to roaming the streets, annoying and frightening the citizenry. Some communities, even such liberal ones as Manhattan's Upper West Side, which has been flooded by thousands of deinstitutionalized patients, are beginning to cry out in anger. Says Manhattan Councilman An-.onio Olivieri, a liberal reformer: "The indiscriminate dumping of mental patients is creating new psychiatric ghettos in the cites. The policy is absurd." Psychiatrists are starting to share his concern. They fear that the increasing number of schizophrenics and other psychotics on the loose, particularly in the cities, may yet develop into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psychiatry on the Couch | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

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