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Word: arias (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Except for his disastrously bad Alzira, it represents Verdi's single lapse from musicianship and inspiration, and the preposterous libretto, inspired by Byron's The Corsair-the story of an Aegean pirate whose ill-starred romance leads to murder and suicide-scarcely helps matters. The one pleasing aria and the single engaging duet could hardly be expected to mollify a fastidious audience. Even the most pious Verdi worshipers could not help applying to their hero the only couplet in Byron's windy poem that is worth remembering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: Viva Verdi? | 9/13/1963 | See Source »

...purely practical concern--by starting the performance with Caesar's apostrophe to the Sphinx, Rabb has guaranteed that this great poetic aria will be ruined by the scramble of late comers to their seats...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: 'Caesar & Cleopatra' at Stratford | 8/6/1963 | See Source »

...best in the night scene where he wanders among his soldiers in disguise before the Battle of Agincourt. The solo aria on "ceremony" he delivers with perfect understanding and golden musicality...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Henry V Joins Stratford Festival | 7/9/1963 | See Source »

...Constancy (Melanie Adams), who yearns unrequited for Dr. Daly (Joel Martin), Vicar of Ploverleigh. Constancy and Dr. Daly very nearly dominate the entire evening and to no ill effect. Miss Adams has plenty of ham and an admirable voice, she can leer lasciviously and make a mock-tragic aria sound like decent Mozart. Joel Martin sang more clearly and yet with more spirit than most people speak...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: The Sorcerer | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

Menotti himself sums it up best: "In Labyrinth, I tried to see how unoperatic an opera could be. I defy all operatic traditions-for example, there's a hero who never sings an aria. In opera the score meditates upon the action-what moves you is the song of what is about to happen, or what happened. Here I have musical comment while things are still going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Menotti's Hour | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

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