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Paul Lincoln, as Isabella's lonely and luckless suitor Taddeo, conveys the essence of hid conceited character perfectly. Although his voice was not spectacular (he was rumored to have been ill on Sunday), his excellent positioning, mime and gesturing complemented the humour show of Stevens and Ames. In the finale, Lincoln finishes the opera with a show of vocal stamina indicative of ali of the leads...
...Taddeo Gaddi: fresco, the Last Supper (Museum of Santa Croce...
Recognizing the beauty of Assisi's Temple of Minerva, the citizens turned it into a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Correggio, commissioned to paint edifying decorations for a convent, included a Punishment of Juno to point up the perils of false pride. Taddeo di Bartolo decorated the chapel in Siena's Public Palace with a procession of Roman virtues-Prudence, Force, Magnanimity, Justice-plus Jupiter in his sun-god aspect, Mars thundering by in a boxlike chariot. Minerva. Apollo, Aristotle, Caesar, and the Roman general Manius Curius Dentatus...
...desks with their secretaries. But later samples included fragments of the brilliantly colored, elaborately detailed painting of Siena's prime: virgins with patterned golden haloes, battle scenes, street scenes. Among the anonymous panels on exhibit, experts thought they could distinguish the work of such important Sienese artists as Taddeo di Bartolo, Stefano di Giovanni Sassetta and Ambrozio Lorenzetti...
Lawyer Belotti, self-constituted leader of the worldlings, and Don Taddeo soon, came to grips. The lawyer wanted to show the actors the town's chief relic, an ancient bucket; but the priest had the key, refused to give it up. Feeling ran high; there were fist fights; the fortunes of war wavered. In desperation Don Taddeo even set fire to the inn where Sin kept wakeful nights. In the end he surrendered the key, confessed himself beaten; the bucket was displayed. After four Dionysiac weeks the opera company departed. Shouted Lawyer Belotti: "What are we? A little town...