Word: seraglio
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...discontented vote from liberal radicalism to trade union socialism: Lloyd George was too busy being a pasha to be a pundit or a prophet. Fame, money, wit, his bounderish bounce and white-maned, apple-cheeked handsomeness proved catnip to women, and he maintained what his son calls a "modern seraglio" at Churt, his princely estate in Surrey. On one of his increasingly rare visits to the old man's home Richard answered the phone; the caller' wanted to speak to the mistress of the house. "Which one?" asked Richard...
...year, the Harvard Opera Guild offered five productions. It provided unpretentious fun in the fall with Workshop productions of Menotti's The Telephone and Wolf-Ferrari's The Secret of Suzanne. Ill-advisedly, the Group mounted in the spring a new English translation of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, which, except for the Blonda of Vivian Thomas '60, was far beyond the abilities of everyone concerned...
...Sabres of Paradise, by Lesley Blanch. A true Arabian Nights tale of 19th century Russia's subjugation of unruly Caucasus tribesmen, replete with high-bouncing feats of battlefield and seraglio...
...Harvard Opera Guild will perform The Abduction from the Seraglio in February as its fourth major production, Davis L. Kennedy '60, production manager of the Guild, announced last night...
...this summer, with the performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, the Residenztheater was born anew, and with it, Munich launched a summerlong celebration of its Sooth anniversary. Last week, the Bavarian State Opera performed Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio as part of Munich's opera festival. Said Residenztheater Restorer Sepp Huf: "We wanted to re-create the warm, glowing, golden tones of the 18th century as a present to the people of Munich on the occasion of their town's Sooth birthday. I think they will appreciate...