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repertory and system
Pinafore, the D ' Oyly Carte repertory and production system was cemented, and each opera would make use of these stock character types.
This is carried out in detail in the Fach system of German speaking countries, where historically opera and spoken drama were often put on by the same repertory company.
The acting companies functioned on a repertory system ; unlike modern productions that can run for months or years on end, the troupes of this era rarely acted the same play two days in a row.
In America, the repertory system has also found a base to compete with commercial theatre.
But the standard should be higher than under the old-time repertory system, because there will be more time for rehearsal.
The play is a hit, and runs for three nights straight ( unusual in the repertory system of the day ).
The play is a hit, and runs for twelve straight nights — very unusual in the repertory system of the time.
Because this music was catered for by acephalous societies, kulintang repertory was unfettered by an indigenous notation system.
At Clinton, on the north side, is the Royal repertory cinema, which was recently renovated and has an upgraded projection system as it is used for movie editing purposes during the day and repertory cinema in the evenings.
The multiplication of new settings and elaborations of the old continued in the centuries following the fall of Constantinople, until by the end of the eighteenth century the original musical repertory of the medieval musical manuscripts had been quite replaced by later compositions, and even the basic model system had undergone profound modification.
Appleton states that “ actors, compelled by the repertory system to know scores of parts, generally relied on conventional attitudes, gestures, and tones to carry them through a performance and felt little enthusiasm for this discipline.
In the interests of musical and dramatic excellence, Solti was a strong proponent of the stagione system of scheduling performances, rather than the traditional repertory system.
Later, Count John William reorganised the archives of Lower Austria, and established a system which continued even after a new repertory of nobility.
While the shape-note system itself never took root in New England, The Easy Instructor and similar collections were instrumental in spreading the music of New England composers to the western and southern states, where tunebook compilers added settings of folk and popular melodies ( including " folk hymns " and revival choruses ) to the popular New England repertory.

repertory and comic
He began his acting career in repertory theatre and decided he was best suited to performing comic roles.
In Greek mythology, Isocrates, in his witty declamation Busiris recounts " the false tale of Heracles and Busiris " ( 11. 30 – 11. 40 ), which was a comic subject represented almost entirely in the repertory of early 5th century BC Athenian vase-painters: the theme has a narrow narrative range, according to Niall Livingstone: Heracles being led to sacrifice ; his escape ; the killing of Busiris ; the rout of his entourage.
From 1955 through 1960 Erdman toured extensively as a solo artist throughout the U. S. Notable works from her repertory of that period include Changingwoman ( 1951 ) with a commissioned score by Henry Cowell including vocalizations by Erdman as she moved through a multi-colored abstract projected environment, Portrait of a Lady created to jazz recordings that were layered by John Cage into his eight track commissioned score, Dawn Song, a lyrical solo with commissioned score by Alan Hovhaness, Fearful Symmetry ( 1956 ) an allegory in six visions inspired by William Blake's poem, The Tyger to Ezra Laderman's Sonata for Violincello in which Erdman emerged from and interacted with a metal sculpture by Carlus Dyer, and Four Portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare Album ( 1958 ), a suite of comic portrayals of Shakespearean heroines.
In some cases the intermezzo repertory spread more quickly than did the opera seria itself ; the singers were often renowned, the comic effects were popular, and intermezzi were relatively easy to produce and stage.
In 1934, Lytton's retirement left Green as the principal comedian of the D ' Oyly Carte company, playing all of the comic roles in their repertory over the next five years.

repertory and character
The two operas of Schoenberg's pupil Alban Berg, Wozzeck ( 1925 ) and Lulu ( incomplete at his death in 1935 ) share many of the same characteristics as described above, though Berg combined his highly personal interpretation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique with melodic passages of a more traditionally tonal nature ( quite Mahlerian in character ) which perhaps partially explains why his operas have remained in standard repertory, despite their controversial music and plots.
Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, or Puddy Tat, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper.
These works became part of the standard English concert repertory, and helped to establish the character of Delius's music in the English concert-goer's mind, although according to Ernest Newman, the concentration on these works to the neglect of his wider output may have done Delius as much harm as good.
He worked with various repertory companies around the country and became known for his character roles, which included parts in the West End musicals Call Me Madam, Pal Joey and The Pajama Game.
He then moved to Crewe to begin in repertory theatre, like most newly-graduated actors at the time, and then made his television debut in 1969 as a police officer in Coronation Street, in which he had to arrest veteran character Ena Sharples.
Grand hotels and small inns, as well as repertory, off-Broadway, and single-act theaters also contribute to the area's dynamic, 24-hour character.
With some experience of repertory and a couple of provincial tours behind him, Fyffe invented the character of glamorous soprano " Perri St Claire ".
Her repertory included Medea, Sappho, Lady Macbeth, Mary Stuart, Preciosa, Phèdre, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Jane Eyre and Messalina, in which character she was immortalized by the painter Hans Makart.

repertory and who
His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.
In the 20th century, English opera began to assert more independence, with works of Ralph Vaughan Williams and in particular Benjamin Britten, who in a series of works that remain in standard repertory today, revealed an excellent flair for the dramatic and superb musicality.
It did not maintain a regular place in the repertory, despite the advocacy of Arturo Toscanini, who conducted it in New York three years in succession, and Sir Thomas Beecham, who pronounced it " one of the finest lyrical dramas of our time ," and staged it at Covent Garden in 1937.
Pope Gregory I, who gave his name to the musical repertory and may himself have been a composer, is usually claimed to be the originator of the musical portion of the liturgy in its present form, though the sources giving details on his contribution date from more than a hundred years after his death.
" The bassoon player William Waterhouse who joined the BBC SO from the LSO found the BBC's repertory refreshing, but the music making less impressive: " There were no potboilers, but also, I'm afraid, no world-ranking soloists either.
Max Christian Friedrich Bruch ( 6 January 18382 October 1920 ), also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertory.
Few other American symphonies have acquired such a position in the standard performance repertory as has this one, due in large part to the championing of the piece by Leonard Bernstein, who recorded it.
Twelve years later, after drama, diction and fencing classes, she was spotted in a charity show by a producer, who offered her a job in his repertory theatre company in Cambridge.
" Sir Henry Wood, who had been répétiteur for the production, recalled in his autobiography that " Carte had had a repertory of six operas instead of only one, I believe he would have established English opera in London for all time.
Though they emphasized a standard Classical and Romantic repertory, they also performed works by such 20th-century composers as Béla Bartók and Benjamin Britten who wrote his third quartet expressly for them.
** Jim Carrey auditioned to be one of the repertory members on SNL's ill-fated 1980-1981 season, but was dropped in favor of Charles Rocket ( who later appeared in the 1989 film Earth Girls Are Easy and the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber with Carrey ).
The quintet of instruments used in Pierrot Lunaire became the core ensemble for The Fires of London, who formed in 1965 as " The Pierrot Players " to perform Pierrot Lunaire, and continued to concertize with a varied classical and contemporary repertory.
The Judge Dredd series drew heavily upon Big Finish ’ s repertory company established through their Doctor Who series with many actors crossing over such as Toby Longworth ( who voiced Dredd ), Clare Buckfield, Nicholas Briggs, Mark Donovan and Teresa Gallagher who voiced Chief Judge Hershey.
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann ( 1805 – 1900 ) who, apart from opera and ballet music, contributed to song and the piano repertory.
Carradine joined a tent repertory theater under the management of R. D. MaClean, who became his mentor.
The following is a list of all cast members who started as or were promoted to repertory players during their run on the show:
" Virgil Thomson found this ability frustrating: " Anyone who allowed her in any piece to tell him what to do next would see that piece ruined before his eyes by the application of routine recipes and bromides from standard repertory.
In 1978 Pierre Lacotte staged the Pas de Six for the Kirov / Mariinsky Ballet, who still retain it in their repertory.
In the 20th century, English opera began to assert more independence, with works of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Rutland Boughton and later Benjamin Britten, who, in a series of fine works that remain in standard repertory today, revealed an excellent flair for the dramatic and superb musicality.
Chaplin tended to work with a repertory company of actors who performed exclusively in Chaplin's films.
The NIR ( National Identification Repertory ) was created by René Carmille ( who died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1944 ) who realized between April and August 1941, under the Vichy regime, the first general repertory to secretly prepare the mobilization of a French army.

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