Nonetheless, the FBI learns of Christopher's heroin addiction, which they knew would enrage Tony Soprano, and turns Adriana into an informant by threatening her with jail time for cocaine distribution at the nightclub she manages.

For example, Elvis Costello recorded a version of Ono's song " Walking on Thin Ice ," the B-52's who drew from her early recordings covered " Don't Worry, Kyoko ( Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow )" ( shortening the title to " Don't Worry ") and Sonic Youth included a performance of Ono's early conceptual " Voice Piece for Soprano " in their experimental album SYR4: Goodbye 20th century.

Soprano vibraphone, range C4-C7 ( from Emil Richards Collection )

He began performing part-time as Master Stanley Holloway – The Wonderful Boy Soprano from 1904, singing sentimental songs such as " The Lost Chord ".

The Sopranos finale caused millions of viewers to temporarily believe they had lost cable service due to an abrupt blackout finale ; the final scene left open the fate of Tony Soprano ( series creator David Chase had wanted the cut to black to last for several minutes and take the place of post-show credits, so that the first thing the audience would see was an HBO notice, but the network refused this and there was a very short jump from the final shot to the credits ).

Soprano on The Sopranos which aired on HBO from 1999-2007.

La Cantatrice Chauve — translated from French as The Bald Soprano or The Bald Prima Donna — is the first play written by Franco-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco.

In The Sopranos episode, " Unidentified Black Males ", Tony Soprano lies to protect his cousin, Tony Blundetto from a murderously irate Johnny Sack, by claiming that Tony B. could not have murdered Sacks ' friend Joey " Peeps " because the two Tonys were upstate, in Monticello, searching for Tony B.

Christopher was reprimanded by Soprano for not using his leadership to prevent Brendan from undertaking the job.

Tony Soprano made Moltisanti his main contact in his criminal dealings to insulate himself from prosecution.

The two came to blows over Parisi's continued theft from the construction site, despite orders from Soprano.

Following Moltisanti's successful rehabilitation, Soprano entrusted him with the planned hit on Carmine Lupertazzi ; Moltisanti contracted the job out to Credenzo Curtis and Stanley Johnson, some associates from the days of his heroin usage.

The Junior Soprano character may have been loosely based on the real life presumed boss of the Gambino crime family, Peter Gotti, with similarities in look, age, inheritance of the leadership from his nephew, John A. Gotti, and his relationship with longtime girlfriend Marjorie Alexander.

Junior and Johnny Boy were responsible for acquiring longtime Soprano hangout and de facto headquarters, Satriale's Meat Market, from the eponymous Francis Satriale.

While he was under house arrest, Soprano captain Richie Aprile was released from prison after serving ten years, and actively sought Junior's friendship.

Bobby was quite different from the other men in the Soprano crime family.

Artie borrows the money from Tony Soprano but when Artie goes to Jean Pierre's apartment to collect the money, he claims he doesn't have it and doesn't know when he's going to " get it.

Bonpensiero was made sometime after this and acted as a soldier in the Soprano crew from then onwards.

Upon his return from Italy, Soprano re-organized his crew — Gualtieri would be a capo now that Tony was acting boss, Dante would become Tony's consigliere, and new addition Furio Giunta would be on an equal footing with Bonpensiero despite his years of long service.

Lipari chose to believe him but pressured him to get a confession from Soprano on tape.

* " Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood ": at the New Jersey FBI office where Skip Lipari is playing tapes of Bonpensiero attempting to elicit information from Tony about the murder of Matthew Bevilaqua, and the FBI has accepted that Bonpensiero is presumably dead, with Lipari saying " I think it's time to declare CW-16 ( Pussy ) compost " and his picture being removed from the Soprano family's organization chart and thrown in the garbage.

After the death of Dick Barone, while Tony was recovering from a gunshot, Lupertazzi front organization Cinelli Sanitation tried to buy Barone Sanitation, a Soprano front, from its naive new owner Jason Barone.

Livia Soprano, the family matriarch, seemingly derives little pleasure from life other than making the people around her miserable, especially her three children, Tony, Barbara and Janice.

* Junior Soprano, in the episode " Where's Johnny?

Dickie Moltisanti was a soldier in " Johnny Boy " Soprano's crew and was very close to Tony Soprano.

Junior is Tony Soprano's uncle: Junior's younger brother was Giovanni Francis " Johnny Boy " Soprano, Tony's father.

He was an associate of " Johnny Boy " Soprano, who he supported during the unrest of 1983.

He remained loyal to the Soprano family and backed Johnny Boy's wishes to have his son, Tony Soprano, become capo of the crew following Johnny Boy's death in 1986.

Following the death of the elder Soprano, Bonpensiero also took on Johnny Boy's tradition of dressing as Santa Claus and giving out presents to local children at Satriale's meat market at Christmas time.

Johnny was also a friend and contemporary of New Jersey Soprano boss Tony Soprano.

Johnny cultivated a friendship with Paulie Gualtieri, making use of him as a source of information about Soprano family business.

This encouraged Paulie to place more faith in his friendship with Johnny than in the loyalty of his friends in the Soprano crime family.

He had a sometimes contentious relationship with his Underboss, John " Johnny Sack " Sacramoni: during different episodes in the fourth season, Johnny and Carmine each authorized Tony Soprano to put a " hit " on the other, although in neither case was the killing actually carried out.

To distinguish between them, they were called " Tony Uncle Johnny " ( Soprano ) and " Tony Uncle Al " ( Blundetto ) when they were kids, after their fathers ' first names.

By the end of season 5, Tony Soprano is under heavy pressure to deliver his cousin to Johnny Sack ( who has taken over his crime family after Little Carmine's abdication ), explicitly so he can be tortured to death by Phil Leotardo.

Giovanni Francis Soprano ( c1929-1986 ), aka " Johnny Boy ", aka John b. NJ ; DiMeo Crime Family

Giovanni Francis Soprano ( c1929-1986 ), aka " Johnny Boy ", aka John b. NJ ; DiMeo Crime Family

Anthony John Soprano I ( 1960 ), aka " Tony-Uncle Johnny ", b. Newark, NJ ; DiMeo Crime Family

Although Soprano knows the truth, he tells Sack that Blundetto did not kill Peeps ; he knows there would be dire consequences if the truth were known.

La Rumeur, Rohff, 113, Dosseh, LIM, Lunatic, Dicidens, Lino, Kamelancien, L ' Skadrille, Le 3ème Œil, Black Marché, Carré Rouge, Expression Direkt, are some hardcore rappers known for their rejection of mainstream French rap, while Casey, Rocé, Médine, Youssoupha, Fonky Family, Psy4 De La Rime, Keny Arkana, Mokless, Haroun, Booba, Oxmo Puccino, Sefyu, TLF, Sniper, Arsenik, Dj Azer, Nessbeal, Puissance Nord, Mino, Soprano, L ' Algérino, La Swija, Carpe Diem, represent a mix of hardcore or purist rap and mainstream designs.

While she resisted Soprano's constant advances, which have simultaneously attracted and appalled her, Soprano no longer wishes for their relationship to remain strictly professional, for he seems to see her as the one thing that he is unable to truly have and, while continuing to pursue her, also resents her for it.

When the job was called off and Soprano urged him to make sure it couldn't be traced to them, Moltisanti had Benny and Peter " Bissell " De La Rosa murder the hired help while he waited in his car.

Until at least the first half of season 6, Bobby drives a 1980s Lincoln Mark VII, and his family car after marrying Janice is a third generation Jeep Grand Cherokee, which, in Soprano Home Movies, he backs into a tree while drunk.

Soprano decided he had to be sure, so he visited Bonpensiero's home to search for evidence while Silvio distracted him.

Carmine once told Tony Soprano that " a Don doesn't wear shorts ", after he was seen to be wearing them at a backyard cook-out considering it undignified, Tony never again wore them while Carmine was alive, but did wear them again after Carmine died.

Blundetto is the father of daughter Kelli Blundetto, who is Meadow's contemporary and is said to have run away from home, and identical twin boys Justin and Jason Blundetto, whom he fathered by having Tony Soprano smuggle his semen out of prison nine years before, while still incarcerated.

Soprano strongly believes Blundetto holds some ill-will towards him because Blundetto was caught that night and ultimately went to prison, while Soprano prospered, and eventually became the boss of the family.

Tony Soprano, the main protagonist of the series, is seen watching this episode while in hiding from his enemies in a safe house.

* Tony Soprano references " Dynaflows " while berating an aged Michele " Feech " La Manna in an episode ( Season 5 Episode 4 ) of The Sopranos.

The Common Pipistrelle uses a call of 45 kHz, while the Soprano Pipistrelle echo-locates at 55 kHz.