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Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Suzanne Danco, David Poleri, Martial Singher; Harvard and Radcliffe choruses; Boston Symphony conducted by Charles Munch; Victor 3 LPs). The greatest translation into music of Goethe's Faust, this score reaches heights of drama and tenderness undreamed of in Gounod's more popular version. Mephistopheles makes his entrances to portentous, brassy thunderclaps, Marguerite changes from an innocent child to a passionate woman in the toils of love, and Faust himself is almost painfully credible. The "dramatic legend" proved too big-and perhaps too tightly composed-to be a success on stage...
Berlioz' genius becomes most impressive when his work is performed with the insight of conductors like Charles Munch. Mr. Munch knows exactly where dull spots need his stimulus, and where he can let the phrases take their own course. Moreover, he had the advantage of excellent soloists. Suzanne Danco (Marguerite) and Martial Singher (Mephisto) sang with occasionally imperfect tone, but supreme understanding of how to translate French vowels and consonants into musical sound...
Debussy: Pelléas and Melisande (Suzanne Danco, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Rehfuss; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet; London, eight sides LP). Maeterlinck's fairy tale floating along the stream of Debussy's consciousness. The voices of the principals are all excellent and so is their French diction; Ansermet's subtle direction could scarcely be bettered...
This is a ticklish matter, lynching should not be cloaked by "national unity" but it will not be satisfactorily solved by a "war measure." It should be approached in a more democratic manner, for otherwise it will never receive a lasting solution. Leon A. Danco...
...Blackmer Jane Armistead, ErskineMalcolm Broadrick Jane Mansfield, NewtonGordon M. Browne, Jr. Edith Carlton, RadcliffeForrest Buckingham Ruth Stevens, BelmontGeorge Burditt Lue Lahiff, Western Springs, III.Arthur V. Campbell Dorothy Lewis, New York, N. Y.Hobart A. Capen Mary Morgan, Miss Rickard'sSamuel B. Carr Mary McCagg, BeaverElliott Carroll Betty Stevenson, GarlandLeon A. Danco, Jr. Ann LeFevre, Dean AcademyAlbert N. Danoff Sybol Fineberg, LasellE. Thayer Drake, III Mary Machezie, SmithJoseph Dunn Regina MacPherson, Westfield CollegeParker Foss Joan Pratt, Concord AcademyGeorge Frankforter Mary Richter, RadcliffeJohn W. Frenning Elaine Letts, BelmontThomas Green Lucy Sampson, BelmontPeter P. Grey Janet Thompson, RadcliffeEdward L. Hadley Yagerne Gaetz, RadcliffeVernon Head...