Word: tenore
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...repressive tenor of the regime ran counter to the wishes of King Constantine, in whose name the officers had seized power (see box). After initially opposing the coup, the King decided to cooperate in an effort to steer the regime toward parliamentary rule, but his hopes hardly seemed justified. Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos, 54, the new Interior Minister and a member of the triumvirate that really rules the country, mused to foreign newsmen that in the new Greece there would be a strong executive branch and perhaps no need for a Parliament at all. "We believe Parliament will...
Hathaway's soloists were a mixed bag. Tenor James Olesen executed his brief role passionately and with excellent German enunciation. Sharon King as Marcellene was controlled on pitch but was easily overpowered by any of the other soloists. Freshman phenomenon David Ripley acquitted the part of Don Fernando valiantly but seemed to be worrying too much about getting all the notes to do anything with them. Gregory Sandow as Rocco was well, embarrassing. Sandow is one of those rare examples of a ham with stage fright. His singing is at once precious and stiff. His main problem is that...
Joseph Dwyer as Florestan had the task of singing what is perhaps the most difficult tenor aria in all opera. "Gott. welch' Dunkel hier" really has too many A's and and Bb's for anyone to cope with and Dwver showed severe signs of strain. Nonetheless he sand with emotion, a quality that had been lacking in the opera up to that point, especially in the men's chorus and the ensembles...
...stage was bare, the costumes were rehearsal-type togs in grey, white and black. "If you combine sumptuous sets and costumes with Mahler," explains MacMillan, "you get something like jam on jam." A tenor and a mezzo-soprano sang the vocal parts from opposite sides of the proscenium, while onstage dancers representing such allegorical figures as Youth, Beauty and Everyman traced a melange of MacMillan movements that seemed to draw equally on classical, modern and Chinese dance styles...
...despite the technical delay, residents and students were allowed to voice their criticisms. Some residents felt "college kids take advantage of the City without adding anything," and were "tired of these students carrying on." Other neighbors just objected to the general tenor of the transient population, rather than the boys personally...