Word: dimitry
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another story was Cavalleria, in a kind of performance that would have done well in a provincial Italian opera house. Dimitri Mitropoulos, when he was not drowning out the singers with his orchestra, conducted as if afflicted by an overdose of Miltown. Soprano Zinka Milanov found her still-beautiful voice crumbling around the edges. Allowances are customarily made for inept acting in prima donnas, but Diva Milanov plunged beyond the point of tolerance as she flung herself about the stage clutching her ample midriff. She provided a fine argument for bringing back Callas at all costs...
Born. To Maria Pia, 23, Princess Royal of the House of Savoy, daughter of ex-King Umberto of Italy, and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 33: twin sons, their first children; in Paris. Names: Dimitri Nicola Paulo Girogio Maria and Michel Umberto Antonio Pietro Maria. Weights: 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 5 lbs. 13 oz. respectively...
...different line of business. All we did was play music." The New York Philharmonic was completing a 38-concert, twelve-country tour of Latin America that lit a fire of good will from one end of the continent to the other. Back home this week. Conductors Bernstein and Dimitri Mitropoulos and the 107 members of the orchestra were to be hailed at New York's city hall for a job superbly done...
...Biron, a frequent judge of piano contests, found that Van had "almost the technique of Horowitz during his prime, and he has everything Horowitz always lacked." Raved Britain's Sir Arthur Bliss: "He plays with fire and poetry, and gives vitality to every phrase." More cautious, U.S. Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos feels that Van "could rise to Rubinstein's stature, but at the moment it's not fair to compare them." Says Piano Critic Abram (Speaking of Pianists) Chasins: "Van is a born flaming virtuoso...
Conductors: Dimitri Mitropoulos. Fritz Reiner, Izler Solomon. Leopold Stokowski, George Szell...