Word: songs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Franco's song is ended but the malady lingers...
...control of the country since mid-April, the Communists have managed to stay popular with their subjects by emphasizing such mass themes as anticorruption and self-rule. They have made skillful propaganda use of traditional Laotian music, to the point that some foreign diplomats in Vientiane call it "the song-and-dance revolution." Although Vientiane's once notorious opium dens have been padlocked, some garishly lit dance halls are still open-and still packed. The Pathet Lao has even courteously allowed non-Communist embassies-including even those of the U.S. and Israel-to function...
...necessary, a commanding Lord in his own right. The only flaw in Crowley's performance is that his voice is not quite as strong as it might be--never powerful enough to belt out a line that needs belting out. Nonetheless, he traverses the slippery heights of his nightmare song with the grace of a chamois, never faltering and never failing to enunciate clearly...
...long-forgotten reference to a London firm, the other a hilarious interjection into the outstanding number of the evening, "Faint heart never won fair lady." Zax, Lewis and Crowley collaborate in a dance number of staggering virtuosity whose best parts don't really begin until the song itself is over. It's all in the encores. What looks on paper and sounds on recordings like a fairly tedious number becomes the high point of the performance, a real show-stopper...
...Sullivan obviously had a good time satirizing the pomposity of the British House of Lords--the task inspired some of their cleverest lyrics and catchiest melodies. Iolanthe is one of the favorites of G&S aficonsdos--who vie with each other in attempts to render the tongue-twisting Nightmare song-- and the current G&S Society production makes it evident...