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...nineteenth century. The orchestral passages are exceptional even for Mozart, and the choral writing is superior to that in his more famous operas. As presented in Mr. Goldovsky's adaptation, the first act was highly conventionalized and contained too much plot exposition in the form of recitative--arias were scarce, in fact. The second act starts, however, with a superb aria and a duet, a brilliant quartet follows, and from then on the opera becomes what Mr. Goldovsky calls it, "unquestionably one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time...
...opera, went well at her hands. Naney Trickey was excellent in the part of Ilia, fulfilling particularly well the difficult assignment of holding the stage alone for more than five minutes at the start of the opera. In the role of the sinister Electra, who has the best aria of the piece, a magnificent last-act preface to suicide, Paula Lenchner looked evil but sang with only moderate control and acted rather clumsily. The one big disappointment of the day was Joseph Laderoute, who was weak and unimpressive as Idomeneo...
...Menotti is a composer who can be described only as appealing: his music uses modern devices, manages to attract the listener without letting him out of the grip of the opera in toto. He uses chiefly a semi-recitative style, but he proves conclusively his ability to write an aria with an exceptionally lovely song which he gives the daughter near the close of the first...
...exactly the same as that at last year's Opera Theater premiere. The one change which brought Margaret Brink in as the Countess, was, if musical memories are accurate, an improvement. Miss Brink's crystal tones and appealing voice were perfect for the part, and she sang her showpiece aria, "Dove Sono," well with the possible exception of a slightly breathy conclusion...
When Margaret came on stage, the audience of 15,000 gave her an encouraging ovation. After her opening aria, Voi Che Sapete from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, the audience called her back for two bows, thundered when she received a bouquet of orchids. But as the concert progressed, limitations became evident...