To present Venice’s music, Geary turned to the ospedali, orphanages that in that era had music performed by girls. “It was a phenomenon of the time that the ospedali had these extraordinarily advanced music programs and the girls were playing instruments, singing and conducting in some cases. There was a screen between the audience and the girls for modesty purposes,” Geary said. “Being the directors of those programs was actually a much sought-after position for composers like Vivaldi, Hasse and in our case, Nicola Porpora, three of the best composers of the day. European travelers and intellectuals would make a point to attend a performance so it’s was kind of a very high culture and slightly exotic phenomenon.”.

“My dad was maybe one of the top three trick divers in the world,” Rae continued, “He used to work out with people on the Olympic team and coach some of the divers and tumblers, He was also able to do a double red python ballet flats back flip on the ground fully laid out, which means instead of a tuck position — his body was in a standing position.”, Before Jane met her husband-to-be, actor Victor Mature proposed, “He was good looking, but she wasn’t interested,” her son said..

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