Word: franchetti
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...heavily armed escorts forgot about their weapons and engaged in the usual journalist-watching - it's sitting up, it's lying down, it's playing with a computer. Patrick Forestier of Paris-Match had a sudden, rare urge to do some work, became disoriented, and tried to interview Franchetti, mistaking him in the dark for a mujahideen. There really are Taliban all around, I had to keep reminding myself, but no one seems to care...
Married. Henry Fonda, 60, Hollywood's Jack-of-all-parts turned bewildered father of Broadway's Generation; and Shirlee Mae Adams, 33, former American Airlines stewardess; he for the fifth time (his others: Actress Margaret Sullavan, Socialites Frances Brokaw, Susan Blanchard and Afdera Franchetti); in Mineola, L.I., where New York Supreme Court Justice Edwin R. Lynde sternly admonished: "No couple I have married has broken apart. I don't expect...
Divorced. Henry Fonda. 57, hardy perennial of Broadway and Hollywood (Mister Roberts, Advise and Consent); by Afdera Fonda, 29, the former Italian Contessa Afdera Franchetti. dark, lively socialite; after five years of marriage, no children; in Juarez, Mexico...
Married. Henry Fonda, 51, tall, blue-eyed and durable player of heart-of-gold heroes through two decades of Broadway and Hollywood (Mister Roberts, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial); and slim, dark Italian Contessa Aídera Franchetti, 24; he for the fourth time, she for the first; in Manhattan...
...night. The settings were conventional, a trifle simplified; the costumes constrastingly brilliant. But the manner in which the opera was sung and acted make the strongest impression of the evening: from the lighthearted courtly dance as the curtain rose, to the tragic closing duet of Gilda and Rigoletto, Mr. Franchetti conducted a group of singers that understood not only the musical but the dramatic possibilities of the work. Joseph Royer as Rigoletto, after passing easily through the opening scene, played his role with tremendous power. Mr. Onofrel was appealing as the Duke, Tina Paggi lovely as Gilda; both with clear...