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...miss many. His predecessor, an easygoing ex-tenor named Edward Johnson, had run a tidy if not altogether harmonious house where the terrible-tempered diva and the haughty, naughty tenor reigned supreme. Bing started with a bang by firing 39 singers and several musicians, including his cousin, Conductor Paul Breisach, as well as aging Heldentenor Lauritz Melchior, whose variations on the score had been the bane of Met conductors for years. Amid the howls of "Adolf Bing!" and "Prussian dictator" Bing remained serene. "I will run this house," he said, "on the principle of quality and quality alone...
...Cincinnati Zoo Summer Opera: grand opera plus a few lighter productions; Fausto Cleva, Paul Breisach conducting...
...Breisach Mensuren...
Sirs: I have just finished reading with great interest, your excellent write-up of the Bestimmungsmensuren held at Heidelberg (TIME, May 1). The cause of my more than ordinary interest was a privilege granted in 1928 when I was staying in Breisach. a little town of 500 inhabitants located about 18 km. from Freiburg. Ah! the charm of that little town. How rudely it was disturbed during the Fruehschoppen -the student drinking bouts which lasted from early morn till evening. Like many college students, proud of their ability in classroom foreign languages, a few were anxious to show their knowledge...
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