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Standing before the colossal, towering, amorphous precipice which formed the background of the scena, we feel as if once more the 'heart-shaking sound of Consul Romanus' might be heard; as if Roman knights and deputies, arisen from the dead, with faces hard and stern as those of the warriors carved on Trajan's frieze, might take their seats beneath us in the orchestra, and, after proclamation made, the mortmain of imperial Rome be laid upon the comforts, liberties, and little gracefulnesses of our modern life.
She gave him a look of fire and passed him; whereat, following her, he clapped hands, and affected to regard the movement as part of an operatic scena. 'It is now time to draw your dagger, he said. 'You have one, I'm certain. 'Anything but touch me! cried Vittoria, turning on him. 'I know that I am safe. You shall teaze me, if it amuses you. 'Am I not, now, the object of your detestation?
What would Cicero's character be, if we had it from some one who belonged to the party of Catiline? and what is it as we know it from his own writings? The Roman word for dramatic representations is properly Scena. I do not know when the men and women had separate seats assigned to them in the theatres. She could not be the sister of Hortensius, for in that case her name would be Hortensia.
Wednesday, April 18, 1711. Addison. Garganum inugire putes nemus aut mare Thuscum, Tanto cum strepitu ludi spectantur; et artes, Divitiaeque peregrina, quibus oblitus actor Cum stetit in Scena, concurrit dextera laevae. Dixit adhuc aliquid? Nil sane. Quid placet ergo? Lana Tarentino violas imitata veneno. Hor.
After a long dialogue between the two, closing with chorus, Violetta has a grand scena which is always a favorite show-piece with concert artists. This number, unlike most of Verdi's finales which are concerted, closes the act. It is always a favorite, and is usually considered the best number in the opera, notwithstanding its simple melody.
With the exception of a powerfully dramatic scena, in which Helen describes the horrors of the destruction of Troy, the music is devoted to the love-making between Helen and Faust, and bears no relation in form to the rest of the music of the work, being essentially Italian in its smooth, flowing, melodious character.
Seven feet above the orchestra, and eleven above the conistra, or pit, was the front stage, or proscenium, upon which stood an altar to Apollo. The part called the scena was in line with the ornamental columns, upon the sides of the stage. The ancient scenery at first consisted of mere boughs, but afterwards of tapestry, not painted canvas.
I must make haste, for I am writing a scena for Tenducci, which is to be given on Sunday; it is for pianoforte, hautboy, horn, and bassoon, the performers being the Marechal's own people Germans, who play very well. Germains, intending to return the same day, and I have now been here a week.
The colleagues went to bed the best friends in the world, reminding each other of Valerie's perfections, the tones of her voice, her kittenish way, her movements, her fun, her sallies of wit, and of affections; for she was an artist in love, and had charming impulses, as tenors may sing a scena better one day than another.
The whole performance now seemed to be worked by those tireless figures pumping at the organ, in obedience to signals from a very alert figure on the platform below. The choral and orchestral thousands sang and piped and played; and at a given point in the scena from Verdi, a hundred fairies in red shirts marched down through the sombre mass of puppets and beat upon as many invisible anvils.
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