Word: amonasro
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...biggest individual triumph belonged to young (30) U.S.-trained, Vienna-seasoned Bass-Baritone George London (TIME, Jan. 9, 1950), making his Met debut as Amonasro. The Herald Tribune's exacting Virgil Thomson reached deep into his accolade box for a proper one, decided that London "took his place among the greatest singing actors we have any of us known or remembered...
...shade of Verdi may be heard to murmur 'I have not been betrayed.' " A first-rate cast was listed to do its part: Veteran Soprano Zinka Milanov as Aiïa, Elena Nikolaidi as Amneris, new Italian Tenor Mario del Monaco as Radames and George London as Amonasro. Some first-nighters might even hear Verdi's shade murmur,"In better shape than...
...four months, tall, boyish-looking George London, 29, had become the rage of Vienna. Ever since he had first loosed his wide-ranged voice as Amonasro in A'ida, it seemed he could do no wrong. He had sung his first Mephistopheles in Faust, his first Escamillo in Carmen, his first Prince Galitsky in Prince Igor to bravos from the galleries and raves from the critics. When he sang the four baritone roles of Lindorf, Coppelius, Dappertutto and Doctor Miracle in Tales of Hoffman, there was a ten-minute ovation. Cracked one Austrian, as two Red army officers walked...
...slim Norwegian Contralto Eva Gustavson (Amneris), who arrived in the U.S. last October, young Canadian Bass-Baritone Dennis Harbour (the King of Egypt), who a fortnight ago won the Met's radio auditions, and Soprano Teresa Randall (the Priestess), a finalist in the same contest. Baritone Giuseppe Valdengo (Amonasro), big Bass Norman Scott (Ramfis), Tenor Virginio Assandri (the Messenger), were all Toscanini veterans. NBC was doing its part in the old top-network tradition-spending an estimated $70,000 of its own money to put the show on just as Toscanini wanted...
Pert little Soprano Camilla Williams, a City Center veteran (who paints her face to sing Madame Butterfly and La Bohéme) was a natural for Aïda. Amonasro was a newcomer. But by the time the curtain slid down last week on Aïda, 6 ft. Harlem Baritone Lawrence Winters, 32, had his first big-time opera audience, if not all the critics, cheering, too. His voice was fine, strong and ringing on top; and what he lacked in power, polish and poise should come with time...