Puccini's Tosca is on Friday and Mozart's opera seria, Idomeneo, is on Saturday. |
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From the late seventeenth century the central male operatic role in opera seria was sung by a castrato. |
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All this provides a reminder that this is an opera seria, with all its baroque associations. |
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I still fail to grasp how the sight of ancient Cretans dressed as bewigged eighteenth-century courtiers brings us closer to Mozart's noble opera seria, but never mind. |
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Seria dropped to all fours and winced as pain cut through her palms like a sharp knife. |
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She walked over to Seria, a large ocelot, who began purring as she came near. |
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Seria almost curled her lip at the piggish behavior of the prince. |
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When Charles arrived at the Battalion's base in Seria near the Brunei capital Bandar Seri Begawan, he was greeted by a Gurkha guard of honour. |
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