Word: luigi
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There were times when the opening-night production, designed and directed in monumental style by Pier Luigi Pizzi, flirted dangerously with catastrophe. At one point, for example, materials fell from the overhead flies, causing the corpse of Hector to bring one hand protectively to his face. But the magnitude of the evening's triumph should not be underestimated. At a single stroke, it has made the reputation of Chung, up until now probably best known as the younger brother of violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Against all odds, he assembled a cast whose only prominent members were sopranos Grace Bumbry (Cassandra...
Empire? Even when we do invade, whether it is Normandy or Panama, the first question to arise is always, When do we get out? Luigi Barzini once observed that for America interventionism is often just an expression of "impatient isolationism," wanting to get the job over with and back to, "in the words of Theodore Roosevelt (who deplored it vigorously), 'the soft and easy enjoyment of material comforts...