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...Figaro" is not demanding in the same way as a Verdi or Wagner opera; sheer volume and range are less important here than lyric grace and vocal agility. But in some of Mozart's more convoluted ensembles--"Figaro" boasts several scenes in which more than six people are singing simultaneously--that agility can be just as difficult as a louder and showier Verdi aria. Just the elaborate recitatives, which are crucial to advance the plot, require a daunting combination of comic skill and vocal dexterity. What's more, "Figaro" has at least five major singing roles, and a weak voice...
...Saturday's performance, however, she was the only cast member to lack adequate volume, and was usually drowned out in the ensembles. She was shown to best advantage in the recitatives and in her fourth-act aria, 'Deh vieni non tardar,' which allowed her voice's sheer loveliness to dominate the stage...
...SHEER SIZE OF FORBES' TV buy is hard to fathom, but imagine this: a beverage company like Budweiser or Coke will purchase enough airtime in a given week so that the average viewer will see the commercial 10 times, which equals 1,000 rating points. Forbes is beaming 3,400 rating points a week at New Hampshire via Boston TV right now, so that the typical voter there is seeing his ads 34 times a week; Dole has just less than half that. "Forbes is blowing everybody's doors off," says a Dole aide. And Forbes is doing this...
MAYBE IT WAS SHEER EXHAUSTION. The vast telecommunications bill had been lumbering through Congress for so long, tinkered with so many times, fought over by so many competing industry lobbyists that its passage last week--by an overwhelming margin in both the House and Senate--looked almost like a cry of surrender. How will the measure affect telephone service, cable TV, the networks? Who wins and who loses? Will consumers come out better or worse? Never mind, Congress seemed to say, let's just have done with it and see what the new world brings...
...what if Harvard students were just compared with themselves? The grades would fall drastically. A C, however, looks bad no matter what school one gets it from. Obviously, competition would increase, and this is not usually an environment conducive to learning for the sheer value of learning--the university's highest function. Also, Harvard is not similar to high school, in which many disparate ability levels exist; here, all students fall within a very narrow band of ability--exceptional ability--and what is to differentiate one from another? Further, Harvard students deserve some kind of reward (a good grade...