Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy written by Ken Ludwig‚ which follows Max‚ an assistant to the producer‚ who is convinced to impersonate international opera star Tito Merelli in order to save the show when Tito is found dead. However‚ everything is not as it seems‚ and chaos soon ensues as the characters have various exchanges with both the real Tito‚ who turns out to be alive‚ and Max. This play was first produced at the London Globe Theatre in London in 1986 and made its way to Broadway three years
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Boccaccio’s the Decameron is a collection of stories written during the time of the Black Plague in Europe during the 1340’s. There are many themes and motifs used in the Decameron. The most interesting motif is the fact that the story is closely bound around people escaping the plague‚ but none of the stories take any kind of solid religious or political stance. He however‚ specifically does not take what would be called a Christian point of view on the plague‚ in fact‚ he provides a negative
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Verdi‚ Ghislanzoni‚ and “Aida”: The Uses of Convention In the essay‚ “Verdi‚ Ghislanzoni‚ and “Aida”: The Uses of Convention‚” Philip Gossett discusses Verdi’s problems finding a librettist who could supply him with texts that sufficiently met his need for articulating drama as well as push the bounds of conventional musical forms. Gossett singled out Verdi’s opera Aida‚ using examples of correspondence between the composer and the librettist to paint a picture of what Verdi had originally intended
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Did Mussolini capture the young and turn them into a nation of Fascists? The propaganda used was aimed particularly at the younger people so it could be said that he did capture the young and turn them into a nation of Fascists up to a certain point. The ways in which this occurred were that R. E was made compulsory in schools‚ in the classrooms a portrait of Mussolini had to be hung next to the portrait of the king- this was used to show that Mussolini was equally as important as the king.
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The Third Day‚ The Tenth Novell Alibech turns hermit‚ and a monk‚ Rustico‚ teaches her to put the Devil in Hell. Afterwards she is brought home‚ and married to Neerbale. Dioneus listened attentively to the Queen’s discourse‚ and when she had done and he knew that only he remained to complete the day’s entertainment‚ without trifling away the time or awaiting a command from the Queen‚ thus he began. Gracious ladies‚ it may be you have not heard how the Devil is put in Hell. Therefore
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Giovanni brilliantly uses the literary devices of imagery‚ paralleled repetition and symbolism to depict a vivid journey of transformation‚ concluding with an exquisite moment of self-realization. The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore‚ at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s
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Donna Anna‚ Donna Elvira & Zerlino Mozart’s Don Giovanni The choice of the “Three women of Don Giovanni” can give a good understanding of the type of music which was used to create an opera in the 18th century Italy. The opera buffa was a comic opera with a funny story line and light music. Mozart wrote at different levels. In order to have full understanding of the women’s roles‚ it is necessary to understand the social context of women in the 18 century. In Kristi Brown’s Mozart’s
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Cassini-Huygens is a robotically designed spacecraft‚ currently studying the planet Saturn and its natural moons. A spacecraft is an artificial space object used to investigate Earth and outer space. Cassini probe was named after the Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712)‚ who discovered the Cassini division‚ which is the gap between the rings of Saturn. The little lander Huygens was named after the astronomer‚ physicist and mathematician Christian Huygens (1629 - 1695)‚ who in 1656 realized
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inspiration to portray a wonderful environment. Theodore Gericault’s; “Evening: with an Aqueduct”‚ landscapes capturing the vastness of the great out door; Childe Hassam’s; “Surf‚ Isles and Shoals”‚ portrays strong wind blowing from the crashing tide‚ and Giovanni di Paolo’s; “The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise”; portray God as bathing in the glowing celestial light while an angel shows Adam and Eve out of the beautiful garden after they sin‚ are examples of great paintings that shows
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prince. “The Pig King” was written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in his The Facetious Nights of Straparola. These two fairy tales are a little similar because of almost the same experience of the two protagonists whose appearance is animal in the story. Nevertheless‚ one of them does not experience the cruel plots; and another nearly is killed by his wife yet. Through the different plots between “The Flog Prince” and “The Pig King”‚ Brothers Grimm and Giovanni illustrate how the heroines have different
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