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Cosi fan tutte <br/>(“They All Do It”)

Music:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto:Lorenzo da PontePremiere:Vienna, January 26, 1790 Mozart's final comic opera, Cosi fan tutte, a laughing look at the twists and turns of romantic love,…

1972 Men's Bobsled Medalists

Event   Time 2-Man W. Ger. (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) 4:57.07 4-Man SWI (Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, Werner Camichel) 4:43.07  …

Die Zauberflöte <br/>(The Magic Flute)

Music:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto:Emanuel SchikanederPremiere:Vienna, September 30, 1791 First performed only two months before Mozart's death, The Magic Flute is the story of true lovers…

Le Nozze di Figaro <br/>(The Marriage of Figaro)

Music:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto:Lorenzo da Ponte, based on the poem by Pierre BeaumarchaisPremiere:Vienna, May 1, 1786 The Marriage of Figaro recounts the further comic adventures of…

1968 Olympic Figure Skating Results

Event   Points Men Wolfgang Schwarz, AUT 1904.1 Women Peggy Fleming, USA 1970.5 Pairs Lyudmila Belousova     & Oleg Protopopov, USSR 315.2   Bobsled…

Mendelsohn, Erich

(Encyclopedia) Mendelsohn, ErichMendelsohn, Erichāˈrĭkh mĕnˈdəlzōn [key], 1887–1953, German architect, pioneer of expressionism. He is best known for his exuberant, sculptural design for the Einstein…

Ingolstadt

(Encyclopedia) Ingolstadt Ingolstadt ĭngˈgôlshtät [key], city, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Danube River. It is…

Hackensack, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hackensack, city (2020 pop. 46,030), seat of Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River, a residential and industrial suburb of New…

Jívaro

(Encyclopedia) JívaroJívarohēˈvärō [key], linguistic stock of Native South Americans in Ecuador. The peoples, N of the Marañón River and E of the Andes, engage in farming, hunting, fishing, and…

Roux, Pierre Paul Émile

(Encyclopedia) Roux, Pierre Paul ÉmileRoux, Pierre Paul Émilepyĕr pōl āmēlˈ [key]Roux, Pierre Paul Émile r&oomacr; [key], 1853–1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was a pupil of and…