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...cause of the accident is undetermined. An MBTA official said it was the first such mishap in his 25 years of service, although a conductor mentioned it happened two years ago "back on the siding, where no one knew about...
...Throughs Y. Breakthroughs. Rumors flew wildly. On the beleaguered 4:55 to Croton-on-Hudson, a New York Central conductor cried: "Some Commie's pulled the switch from here to Canada!" Sabotage was on many minds. "You can't blame me." a Cuban U.N. official assured a U.S. delegate when the lights blew. "I was right here all the time." Some New Yorkers, claiming that they had seen a satellite pass over at the moment the lights failed, argued that the Russians had done it again. Many clung stubbornly to the belief that it was all a Government-ordered test...
...Velingrad, a mineral-bath resort high in the Rhodope Mountains. As a teenager, Ghiaurov had no interest in singing, gained fame in local circles as an actor and star athlete with the town soccer and volleyball teams. Drafted into the army for two years, he wangled a job as conductor of a 120-member chorus and orchestra, first discovered his vocal gifts while trying to teach others to sing. He won a state scholarship to the Moscow Conservatory, graduated with top honors in 1955, made his big debut in the West four years later in Milan. Soon he had established...
...frustrated conductor ("Even now, I would give up everything if someone offered me a small group"), Ghiaurov approaches each role like a Ph.D. thesis, spends months probing into the history and psychological motivation of each character. Many opera singers, having learned a role in a foreign language, often have no idea of the meaning of the words they mouth, much less those being sung by the rest of the cast. Ghiaurov, on the other hand, knows by heart every role of every singer in every opera he has ever sung, down to the smallest bit part. "How else," he asks...
...spirit, then, this was a great Fantastique, certainly closer to Berlioz' wild feelings than the sober accounts we usually hear. As impressive as its rare humor was the orchestra's exuberant virtuosity. And Yannatos built some tremendous climaxes, including the finale, which steamed tersely through some sixty measures. This conductor always brings sound, clear logic to his music, fused with a novel, meticulous baton technique. The audience (and perhaps the Orchestra) should watch him more closely...