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John Harger Stewart, as Ferrando, has a fine bel canto tenor, which he uses to good effect. Greg Sandow, his wacky sidekicks Guglielmo, holds his own with the baritone part and caught the audience off guard with his frequent wry sallies. Thomas Weber, as Don Alfonso, was even better, in a difficult part which required him to sing while snickering at the plot all evening. Patricia Stedry, as Despina, a little out of her range perhaps, nevertheless made an excellent co-conspirator with Don Alfonso in their sotto voce duets...
Following custom, the five-man No bel Prize Committee, named by the Norwegian Parliament, did not explain its choice. But in a brief biographical note, the committee noted that King "follows the principle of nonviolence." There were, of course, outraged howls from the U.S.'s Deep South. "They're scraping the bottom of the barrel," cried Birmingham's former Public Safety Commissioner "Bull" Connor. Said Leander Perez, long a Democratic spokesman for Louisiana segregationists: "That only shows the Communist influence. Shame on somebody...
Commuters at Rush Hour. With strong backing from Baritone Robert Merrill, beginning his 20th season with the Met in fine vocal fettle, and Tenor Sandor Konya, the flame-haired coloratura's performance was a masterpiece of bel canto. In the climactic Mad Scene, in which she sings a duologue with a fluttering solo flute, her glittering coloratura runs, leaps and trills won a standing ovation and 14 curtain calls...
...BEL DE PINHO Toronto...
...spread belongs to Engineer Jack Ryan, 37, design consultant for Mattel, Inc., Los Angeles toy manufacturers, who lives with his wife and two daughters in a house he cannot afford to maintain. It is Actor Warner Baxter's old estate on a hilltop in Bel Air. For keeping the place in running order, between eight and twelve are privileged to call it home...