Raimondi

"This study offers important insights to help inform strategies for protecting areas where kelp can persist on its own, and siting for kelp restoration efforts, here in California and around the world," said Dr. Pete Raimondi, a marine ecologist at UC Santa Cruz who was not a co-author on the study.

That production starred Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni and Gianni Raimondi, who were major opera stars in their prime, and it came right after well-received productions in 1955 and 1965.

“I’m completely outraged by the whole thing, that someone would lie on their résumé to that extent and then call it an embellishment. I think it’s a complete outrage,” said Anthony Raimondi, a 62-year-old Manhasset resident.

Asked if he would vote for Santos again, Raimondi replied: “Definitely not.”

A cascade of High Art visual references tumbles forth: A reclining male figure — an antique classical nude — suggests something from the Parthenon frieze, plus a melding of clothed and naked figures from Manet’s landmark Modern painting “Luncheon on the Grass,” the exquisite Marcantonio Raimondi engraving of a Raphael Renaissance drawing of river gods that Manet transformed, and more.