Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...music has all the passion and dramatic impact of a Verdi opera, and the soloists, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia, Ebe Stignani and Ezio Pinza, were all able to do it justice when this version was originally recorded in 1939. Conductor Tullio Serafin does his share with the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of Rome. The recording is good...
Also notable is Cetra-Soria's Aïda (6 sides LP). An Italian cast, including Tenor Mario Filippeschi, Soprano Caterina Mancini, Mezzo Giulietta Simionato and Baritone Rolando Panerai, gives a fine performance, as does the Orchestra and Chorus of Radio Italiana under Vittorio Gui. The recording is excellent. Less successful: Remington's Rigoletto (6 sides LP), performed by undistinguished soloists and a lackluster orchestra and chorus of Florence's Maggio Musicale. The recording is fair...
Supporting singing roles have been assigned to Stephen C. Schatzki '52, Douglas M. Saxe '53 and C. Eliot Miltenberger '53, who will portray Cadmus Sommus and Apollo. A chorus of 30 College and Radcliffe students is being rehearsed nightly by Hewitt Pantaleont...
Their opening presentation of five pre-Bach works lacked clarity and precision, and tone quality was on the shaky side. They improved later in the program, but the zestful, well-disciplined Radcliffe group still stole the show. G. Wallace Woodworth led the chorus in a rather dull religious song by Mendelssohn, followed by Verdi's striking Laudi Alla Vergine Maria. Based on a section from Dante's Paradiso, the latter's style is far removed from the broadly lyrical writing of the most popular operas. There is a restraint here that makes its sacred quality all the more effective...
...Amherst group returned after intermission to sing twelve folk songs of various nations. Best were the four Russian songs in settings by Stravinsky. Conductor Robert Beckwith brought out some of the robustness and precision that had been lacking in the chorus earlier. A rousing delivery of Set Down Servant, and some Amherst songs brought this part of the program to a close...