Word: bassos
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...other debutants were capable but they had smaller parts: Lillian Clark, a comely San Francisco soprano, was an offstage priestess in Aïda. Irra Petina, a Russian emigre who trained at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, was one of eight noisy amazons in Die Walküre. Basso Virgilio Lazzari, lately of the Chicago Civic Opera, did his bit well...
...Dunn; William Edward Lunt who helped Woodrow Wilson revise the map of Europe; English Teacher William Reitzel (Wright) who wrote Progress of a Plough boy and Man Wants But Little. Among Haverford alumni: ''Tune Detective'' Sigmund Spaeth; Authors Christopher Morley and Logan Pearsall Smith; oldtime Basso David Bispham; Artist Maxtield Parrish; onetime Vice President Walter Morris Hart of the University of California; Commissioner of Education Jose Padin of Puerto Rico: President Thomas Sovereign Gates of the University of Pennsylvania (Haverford ex-'93); Professor Henry Joel Cadbury of Bryn Mawr and Dr. Cecil Kent Drinker...
Lacking a Toscanini to dominate its fitful orchestra, Bayreuth concentrated on Impresario Heinz Tietjen's elaborate scenic effects, jammed the stage with 700 people in the song-contest scene. Most distinguished performance was the Pogner of famed Basso Alexander Kipnis. Eva was sung by Metropolitan's Soprano Maria Müller...
...conducts study courses, encourages U. S. composers by offering prizes which have ranged from $100 to$10,000. It has spent over $300,000 helping young U. S. artists to launch their careers-among them Soprano Hilda Burke and Contralto Kathryn Meisle who got into the Chicago Opera. Basso Arthur Anderson who got into the Metropolitan.∙ And the ladies of the Federation make good listeners for ambitious young artists who would otherwise have a hard time finding any listeners...
Died. Florence Hinkle, 48, onetime concert & oratorio soprano, wife of old-time Basso Herbert Witherspoon, director of Cincinnati's Conservatory of Music; of a heart ailment; in Cincinnati...