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In her big arias in the first and third acts and her fourth-act Canzone del Salce, her singing was as technically perfect as ever; her pianissimos were downy, though her full voice had its familiar fault, a trace of stridency. Her main worry, however, was "getting through the afternoon...
RCA Victor was as surprised as anyone when Enrico Caruso (in reissues) proved to be the company's No. 2 bestselling classical artist last year (No. 1: Mario Lanza). Quickly recovering from its surprise, Victor has reached into the treasury for more. In one LP, labeled Caruso In Opera...
A Word for the Proud. This week the Met's new star was flying home with some wise words for her colleagues in Vienna. For one thing, she had found that the Met was "a warm house," that its audiences "know the fine points of arias and give their...
Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs (Victor, 2 sides LP). Tenor Lanza tears into The First Noel, O Come, All Ye Faithful, and six more, with as much zest as if they were Puccini arias.
Most of those who flocked to Perpignan thought little of the discomfort. Said Soprano Jennie Tourel, who gave stirring performances of Mozart and Bach arias: "Casals literally radiates music. He just makes you sing." Said Pianist Rudolf Serkin, whose Beethoven and Bach sonatas with Casals were festival high points: "Without...