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  • Mr. Ponder's rendition of Pyramus's death scene, set hilariously to "E lucevan le stelle" from "Tosca," was brilliantly over the top, while Mr. King gave Thisbe's lament a bare, touching gravity.

    A Remarkably Inventive A Cappella Premiere Heidi Waleson 2011

  • I can forgive Puccini the absurdities and artistic sadism of Tosca because he gave us "Vissi d'arte" and "E lucevan le stelle."

    Avatar deliasherman 2010

  • If you kept hearing russ limbum and sara palin mike stelle and fox news i hope the repuckiicans go to k mart and buy tissue on sale you will need it to cry on when you get your butt kicked in nouember

    Plouffe to campaign for New Hampshire Democrat 2010

  • The crews were setting up for the next evening's broadcast of Donna sotto le stelle, or Woman Under the Stars.

    'House of Versace' 2010

  • Donna sotto le stelle was the sort of eye candy that had become a staple of Italian television in the 1980s.

    'House of Versace' 2010

  • But if the price you pay for off-stage torture-chamber yowls is the bloodied hero's final outpouring, the exquisite "E lucevan le stelle", you can see the point: art has to be worked for.

    Tosca; La fille du régiment; Takacs Quartet 2010

  • Ich stelle die Gegenfrage: Was überrascht euch am Verhalten japanischer oder ausländischer Gäste am Meisten?

    Trans-Pacific Radio on Japanese suicide statistics 2008

  • Una valle piena di stelle (A Valley Full of Stars).

    Lia Levi. 2009

  • Gli americani avevano cominciato con la mano sul cuore e il volto rivolto verso la bandiera a stelle e strisce.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Warning: Soccer News Below: 2009

  • O forse delle stelle… Comunque, non troverete qui le vostre paure.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Portugal. The Man – Do You 2009

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