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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since he was to sign the peace treaty for his beaten country, Italian plenipotentiary the Marchese Meli-Lupi di Soragna put on his best black tailcoat (now a little tight) and his striped pants (ever so slightly frayed at the cuffs). Outside, in the courtyard of the Italian Embassy, he patted his top hat, caressed his iron-grey mustache, and glanced at the clouded sky. To Paris Cop PauL Simon, on guard by the gate, Soragna remarked: "Some rain coming, I think," and after a pause, "I have a disagreeable task this morning." Cop Simon merely nodded cheerfully...
...last elections, have only 104 of 556 seats in the Assembly. Their strength lies in the fact that (in alliance with Pietro Nenni's Socialist Party) they control Italy's federation of trade unions, the Confederazione Generale del Lavoro. The Confederazione's Communist Secretary-General Giuseppe di Vittorio, a wiry, steel-jawed veteran of Spain's International Brigade, wields the vast strike power of the Confederazione's six million workers...
...Arie di Arie di Opere (Ferruccio Tagliavini with the Sinfonica dell' E.I.A.R., Ugo Tansini conducting; Cetra, 6 sides). The new hero of the Met's Italian fans (TIME, Jan. 20) sings arias from six operas (Mignon, Tosca, Rigoletto, The Barber of Seville, Manon, Elisir d'Amore). The Italian tempi are perhaps a little languid for U.S. tastes, but Tagliavini's contralto-like pianissimi are wondrously lyrical. The imported Italian discs (which cost a whopping $3.25 each) are technically as good as most U.S. recordings. Performance: excellent...
When it became obvious that Neophyte Patrice Munsel could not hold opera audiences, the Met invited Lily Pons to return to its aviary for two Lucia di Lammermoors. To clinch the deal for this season Manager Edward Johnson offered her the coveted opening night, suggested that she sing her favorite role, Lakmé. Last week Pons fans were surprised to see that her once-frail body had plumped up to 114 lbs., was suntanned to the right shade for her Indian role. From India she had returned with twelve saris (wraparound Hindu dresses), six of which Dressmaker Valentina wrapped into...
Personal Interest. In The Bronx, a thief held up Sebastian Di Maria, took over $5,000,.locked him in a refrigerator, phoned later to see if he was all right...