Word: cos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neighborhood synagogue, for years owned his own textile business, broke into the Met in 1945 with almost no previous operatic experience. He freely confesses his lack of acting talent, but under proper direction he has produced some fine dramatic characterizations, e.g., Don José, Turiddu, Farrando in Così Fan Tutte. He has a big, warm, sensuous tenore robusto...
...Zurich Stadt-theater, later of the Stuttgart Staatsoper. In her seven years in Europe. Grace has appeared at La Scala, Covent Garden. Florence. Bayreuth. With her 2½-octave range she has sung 20-odd roles, including Carmen. Gluck's Orpheus, Dora-bella in Mozart's Cosí fan Tutte, Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, plus mezzo and contralto parts in the Ring cycle...
KURT GINGOLD Cos Cob, Conn...
...main problem is an almost complete dependence on a fleet of 188 low-capacity Douglas DC-35, the 21-year-old aerial workhorses that no longer pay their way no matter how efficiently they are operated. San Francisco's cos-t-conscious Southwest Airways has cut ground stops to only 120 seconds, but maintenance and operating costs keep going up. "A spare part that used to cost maybe 80^," explains one airline man, "runs about $5 now, and has to be specially made." Even if the feeders, which operate with an average load factor of 45%, could boost their...
General Director Crosby is certain that audiences in the Southwest can take their opera straight, during its two-month season will give English-language productions of Mozart's Cosí Fan Tutte, Strauss's Ariadne on Naxos, Rossini's Barber of Seville, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona, plus Stravinsky's Rake's Progress (conducted by Stravinsky Protégé Robert Craft) and the premiere of The Tower, a one-act opera by young (24) U.S. Composer Marvin Levy. Crosby is also proud that his Santa Fe group, recruited from such companies...