Word: gondolieri
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...orchestration sounds professional and interfaces well with the singing; Felicia M. Sonmez ’05, the production’s musical director, deserves considerable credit. The set—Venice reinterpreted as a forest of candy-cane mooring poles with clotheslines of striped gondolieri shirts hanging out to dry in between—produces vertigo in the most whimsical way possible. Alan Symonds’ lighting work, with the assistance of Hana R. Alberts ’06—who is also a Crimson editor—is quite good. Costume work by Naomi E. Straus...
...physical comedy. Krishnan Unnikrishnan '02 is equally endearing and doltish as Giuseppe, fellow gondolier and possible heir-to-the-throne. Unnikrishnan hams it up remarkably well with lots of giggly smirks and "Aw, shucks" glances, but at times this silliness comes out as slightly effeminate camp--manly gondolieri do not typically bat their eyelashes when they're being serenaded by a lovely contadine. The two lead "lovely contadine" in this production are both well-chosen for their roles. Cary Rosko sings the part of Tessa (Giuseppe's wife) loudly and down-right charmingly, although she could stand...
...gondolieri and their lovely contadine brides, however, leave something to be desired. Although seeming to understand the carefree pitter-patter spirit of the show with their twirling skirts and appropriately suggestive smiles, this band of love-stricken Venetians could use a little more "cha-cha" in their "Cachucha" dance, and once again, a few more lessons in being louder and more boisterous. Maneuvering 16 singers (Marco, Guiseppe, their wives and 12 of their closest friends) around the tiny Agassiz stage is difficult and requires clockwork choreography and impeccably-enunciated singing, but this cast has the potential to make it work...
...Gondolieri Tom Fuller and Paul David Seltzer One tenor, the other a baritone Rule lovelorn maidens and the Baratarian state in Flattering and resonant fair tones...
...usual mismatch of babies and lovers Characterizes the plot. One of two gondolieri--in the first act both marry--Gondolier he allegedly...