Word: angells
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...surrounding skyscrapers, he thought "of all the wonderful orchestras in America that cared nothing about my music." He had come "too soon," he decided. "The child (America) was not old enough to appreciate new music." Out of "sheer despair" he plunged into a new opera, The Flaming Angel-a manic-depressive nightmare set to unmelodic music. Last week, like some dark specter returned to haunt the scene of the crime, the opera was given its U.S. premiere by the enterprising New York City Opera company. Consensus was that even if America is now old enough, it is still not ready...
...theatrical vehicle, Prokofiev's libretto is so outlandish as to be curiously fascinating and, at times, good fun. Based on a Gothic tale by the Russian symbolist writer Valery Bryusov, Angel is set in 16th century Germany and revolves, or rather, rolls around a fetching young damsel named Renata (Soprano Eileen Schauler). Unfortunately, she has an advanced case of the screaming meemies. In the first act she bares her problem in a long aria while writhing around the stage on her stomach...
...seems that a visionary Flaming Angel, who once favored her with visits until she invited him to bed down with her, has reincarnated himself in the body of a certain Count Heinrich. The count has been more receptive to her favors but now he, too, has angelically gone and deserted her. The following four acts are one long mad scene as Renata pursues the count through the back alleys of her subconscious. Along the way, there are magic potions, a séance, rattling skeletons, a furry sorcerer and assorted gnomes to contend with. Even Faustus and Mephistopheles, coming...
...Cayetana Heridia is a 50-ft. converted boat, not handsome, but a joy to hundreds of thousands in the jungles of the Amazon in Loreto state. Miss Carlson lives aboard the craft under less than adequate conditions, works from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. daily, and is considered "the angel of HOPE" by those she helps lift out of their appalling health conditions...
...Hero Jerry Van Dyke, he has finally answered the question, what is it that Jerry hasn't got that Brother Dick has? The Smothers Brothers also tried to cope with the Great Beyond. Tom Smothers is drowned at sea, returns to visit his brother Dick as an inept angel. It was better than coming back as an antique automobile, but not much...