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Died. William Gustafson, 43, U. S. born basso of the Metropolitan Opera Company (Sadko, Die Walkure, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde); by his own hand (revolver) after a quarrel with his wife over a milliner's bill; in Manhattan...
...Lombardi, Qualvolutta trascorrere and Attila, Te sol quest anima by Soprano Elisabeth Rethberg, Tenor Beniamino Gigli, Basso Ezio Pinza (Victor, $2.50)- A famed Metropolitan line-up sings early, rarely-heard Verdi...
Verdi's Requiem Mass by Soprano Maria Fanelli, Mezzo-Soprano Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Tenor Franco Lo Giudice, Basso Ezio Pinza and the chorus and orchestra of La Scala, Milan, recorded there under Conductor Carlo Sabajno (Victor, $15)-Verdi's vibrant tribute to Novelist Alessandro Manzoni, of particular interest in Manhattan this year be- cause of a performance under Arturo Toscanini in which Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Matzenauer sang magnificently...
...Chicago, event-of-the-week was the U. S. debut of Soprano Lotte Lehmann. Like Basso Andresen, Soprano Lehmann is famed throughout Europe for her singing of Wagner. Her Sieglinde last week (Die Walkure) lacked illusion because of her bulk. But the texture of her voice was marvelously rich...
Faust, the transformation scene by Tenor Fernand Ansseau, Basso Marcel Journet and orchestra under Conductor Piero Coppola (Victor, $2.50)?Two famed French-opera singers capably interpret the scene in which Mephistopheles restores Faust to youth...