Word: aida
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...Aida Barona, prima ballerina, was the outstanding member of the cast. Dancing lead roles in both "Prometheus" and "Hollywood", she showed an excellence that can be favorably compared with many of the dancers of the Ballet Russe. When it is considered that the group had been dancing for only a little more than three years, its faults in technique may be easily forgiven...
...week of grand opera fill an imposing list. As has been widely advertised, the Metropolitan Opera Company is making its annual pilgrimage to the Boston Opera House for one week, beginning next Monday. Although four of the evenings are already sold out, some expensive seats still remain for "Aida" on Tuesday evening, "Madamo Butterfly" on Wednesday afternoon, "Fidelio" in Friday night, and "Rigoletto" on Saturday evening...
...production. Smooth singing was to be expected at her Metropolitan debut, and with the exception of a few strained top notes there was little fault to find. Surprise was to see her appear as a lithe, graceful woman 25 Ib. thinner than she used to be, to see an Aida who appeared not like a prima donna stained brown for the occasion, but like the sultry, brooding slave girl that Verdi had in mind...
...playing in the orchestra at the Rio de Janeiro opera. One night the regular leader was unable to appear and some one suddenly thought of the quiet little Italian who never used a score. Toscanini went to the stand in a borrowed frock coat many sizes too big, conducted Aida completely from memory. Lately an aged Brazilian critic attempted to describe the perfection of that performance. Toscanini's comment: "Ah, but he is wrong. I made two mistakes, one in the first act, another in the third...
...during a performance. From a grandtier box wired for sound two of the reporters filmed the action and music on the stage, the swank audience. Others followed Gatti-Casazza backstage, saw what he saw through his private peephole to the stage, heard what he heard in his office as Aida progressed, caught his unposed facial expressions as he listened to Martinelli's high notes, to the thunderous applause. Finally, the camera watched him clap on his hat, shrug into his overcoat, trudge wearily down the corridor, away from the last Met opening he will ever direct...