Word: choruses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ignoble qualities were falling on the public ear with increasing frequency, not only in sermons, books and editorials, but in plain-spoken political speeches. Economic Man, his wants largely satisfied for the time, was no longer the main concern of the stump-thumping candidates. Instead, a rising chorus of politicos urged a prosperous U.S. to see beyond personal prosperity to national purpose. With the approach of 1960, a major new political issue was emerging, capable of maturing into a serious debate of U.S. aims and purposes...
...Yale Russian Chorus will sing in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room Sunday at 3 p.m. Ford Foundation funds will pay for the concert, Master David E. Owen announced yesterday...
...perfect and the performance in the pit highly unsatisfactory, the general effect did not lack tension and emotional impact. Credit this to the generally competent singing in both major and minor roles (in fact, the shepherdess, Taeko Fujii, was perhaps the most impressive vocalist of all), a well-prepared chorus, and Miss Caldwell's inventive and skillful staging of the main scenes...
...couple's friends may throw afterward, this sort of ceremony is no longer enough to satisfy the romantic yearnings of the Khrushchev generation. In the Estonian university town of Tartu, Registrar lime Toots had lately made quite a name for herself by providing a piano and a mixed chorus to sing Say It with Flowers to Me. Couples from all over Estonia flock to lime Toots, particularly on those great occasions Russians deem especially propitious for weddings, May Day and the Nov. 7 anniversary of the Communist Revolution...
...costumes, especially the glittering pair for the Contessa, worn with stunning stylishness by Lisa Della Casa, have a grand line that is perfectly suited to both the Opera House stage and the spirit of Figaro. Against the predominantly gray background of the settings, the pastel dresses of the chorus and ballet and the vibrant yellows and reds of the principals' costumes produce wonderful, eye-filling tableaux...