Word: cassel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...production as a whole was less exciting. German Tenor Karl Liebl, substituting as Tristan for the ailing Ramon Vinay, had neither stage presence nor the power to match the Nilsson salvos. Baritone Walter Cassel as Kurvenal and Bass Jerome Hines as King Mark both turned in workmanlike performances, and Soprano Irene Dalis was impressive as Brangaene. Conductor Karl Boehm led his orchestra through a methodical reading. As for the decor, with the world's best to choose from, the Met had again picked the second-rate. The sets by German Designer Teo Otto were pedestrian and confusing: starkly realistic...
...ROBERT CASSEL Lemoyne...
Outright bribery was reported by Albert Cassel, an architect who had asked Powell for a $709,000 added mortgage on a Washington apartment project. "Mr. Powell told me the amount of work he had done on the thing," said Cassel, "how he helped the project to survive from the very beginning, and before this thing would be finally approved by him we would have to give...
...said Cassel; he gave Powell $10,000 in three installments, and right away the $709,000 increase was approved...
...orchestra never sounded better. Serafin's sure hand brought out all of Puccini's colorful instrumentation, without drowning out the singers. Critics praised the conductor, but had a few reservations about the performance: Tenor David Poleri was still forcing his fine voice; Baritone Walter Cassel sang beautifully, but could not resist a few hammy moments as the villainous Scarpia; U.S. Soprano Anne McKnight, who has been singing in Italy as Anna di Cavallieri. proved to have a big dramatic voice and sang an appealing Vissi d'arte, but her acting was weak. In Act II, a leak...