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...lirico spinto (midway between lyric and dramatic). He is not identified with any single role, but ranging between the romantic bel canto flights of Lucia di Lammermoor and the more declamatory style of Turandot or La Fanciulla del West, he has created some memorable characterizations: Don Jose in Carmen, Rodolfo in La Boheme, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto...
...year scholarship, starting a career that led him at last to Covent Garden and a stunning success as Aeneas in Berlioz' The Trojans (TIME, June 17, 1957). A firm believer in the equal importance of acting and singing. Vickers is passionate and convincing as Otello, Don Jose in Carmen, Florestan in Fidelio and Siegmund in Die Walkure. His big, shining voice, surging over the orchestra, would seem ideal for Wagner, but Vickers is in no hurry to become a Heldentenor. "I love Wagner," says he, "but I want to sing for 25 years, not ten. German exploits the voice...
...plan to capture the Bennett St. yards and a possible strike by the Carmen's Union brought the MTA before the City Council yesterday...
...dramatic moment in yesterday's meeting, Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '28 called on Gov. Volpe to take action "to protect the people of this area" in case of a strike against the MTA by the Carmen's Union this Saturday...
Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (CBS, 5-6:30 p.m.). A presentation and analysis of Carmen, illustrating how music is used to enhance dramatic characterization...