Word: debutants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Geraldine Farrar, 85, soprano at the Met during opera's golden age, who won her early triumphs in Europe before going home in 1906 to debut at the Met, where she reigned for 16 years of tumultuous adulation through 493 performances in 30 roles, blending her vibrant voice with Caruso's celebrated tenor, before suddenly retiring in 1922 at the peak of her career; of a heart attack; in Ridgefield, Conn...
...Crucible marks the debut of the Dudley House Drama Society. It is flawed and uneven, but on the whole, Finch and his determined cast have put on a solid straightforward production of a good play...
Northeastern began a serious effort in rowing only a few years ago, but the Huskies made a strong showing in their debut at the Eastern Sprints last...
Friedman's Ivy debut made up in spirit what it lacked in form. Landing several thrusts off-target. Friedman irked Yale's John Lee enormously but gave him the first four points. When Friedman finally scored the fifth point, Harvard partisans gave him a lengthy standing ovation. Friedman's Ivy record...
...predictable.* "I first thought of being a composer," he says. "Then I thought about conducting. Then, gradually, I became resigned to being a pianist." At the age of eleven, he entered Philadelphia's Curtis Institute and studied with his father in a "depersonalized relationship." He made his formal debut at twelve, five years later began concertizing abroad-and hated every minute of it. "All those tea parties," he shudders, "the interviews, the bouncing from one hotel room to another, the pressures-unbearable...