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Recent Examples of graciosoMaurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.—Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022 The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.—Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
That said, Katie Holmes makes a compelling case for classic-meets-court jester as a modern twist on the old argyle sweater routine.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2026
In this third installment, Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) is still shaken from her last run-in with Art, but the demonic jester has returned for more murder just in time for Christmas — and he's got a sidekick (Samantha Scaffidi).
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Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
After the Great Splintering that seemed to occur after the pandemic, digicore artists are dropping posse cuts and random madcap loosies with each other again.
Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.
Instead of the buffo landlord Benoit coming for the rent, the four Bohemians impersonate him themselves in a skit that was a little beyond the L.A. cast’s comic skills.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2019
Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso-buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso.
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John Von Rhein,
chicagotribune.com,
18 Feb. 2018