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...superb B-flat Sonata (K. 333) Mr. Lewin also failed to achieve the abandon one might hope for, he yet gave it a fluent and sensitive reading to end this highly satisfying program...
Mozart's Sonata No. 15, in B-flat, is pleasant, sunny music, but certainly not so deserving of performance as main of the composer's other works in this genre. As to from the lovely andante, the sonata has few passages of unusual beauty or originality. It is neatly put together, and shows Mozart's keen craftsmanship throughout, but that...
...awkward for a believable Aida. The really outstanding principal in this production was Mario Del Monaco. His Radames was always exciting. Not only can be act, but also his full-bodied tenor voice (especially in "Celestc Aida" where he hit the fabulous B-flat without a tremor) shows training and power...
Hungarian-born Laszlo Halasz, 46, admitted that he is a slave driver:' "I believe in that." And he is often sarcastic ("Sing a B-flat rather than a flat B!"). But he could hardly believe his whole company was against him. Within 24 hours, he gathered 45 testimonial letters from singers, conductors, and musicians. City Opera's topnotch Conductor Jean Morel promptly announced his resignation in protest. Halasz refused to resign, demanded an open hearing. But the board's mind seemed to be made up. Conductor Joseph Rosenstock was named to direct the spring season, opening...
...said, "Caruso was nowhere, nohow, nothing. I don't think I'm as great a singer as Caruso because you never think you are as good as your idol, even though others may say you are better. But at 29, Caruso used to crack on a high B-flat, and I have a record to prove it, which is nothing against him, of course. Sure, I haven't sung in the Met yet. But the day I do, all hell will break loose, the way it did in pictures. The world hasn't heard from...