Word: verona
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world remembers her as tigerish and svelte, it was only because she dieted away 70 Ibs. fairly early in her career-losing with them, perhaps, some of the richness of her voice. Shortly after World War II, when she was on the verge of fame as a singer in Verona and Venice and finally Milan, she weighed so much (more than 200 Ibs. at one point) that she refused to sing Madama Butterfly simply because she felt she looked ridiculous for the part...
...Gentlemen of Verona--in Harvard Yard...
With chameleon ease, the citizens of Verona and Milan alternately declaim Elizabethan verse and belt out pop lyrics in this Guare-Shaprio adaptation of Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. It's a good humored celebration of love, in which all's well since it ends well, despite a farcical dose of treachery...
...Gentlemen of Verona--in Harvard Yard...
...Gentlemen of Verona--in Harvard Yard...