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...score is the work of a master. The irresistible Doretta's Dream, the opera's most famous aria, is sung first by the poet Prunier, a sadder, wiser Rodolfo, whose prominence at the opera's beginning sets the tone for what is to come. The gradual transformation of the lovers' duet into a full-blown chorus in the second act is a magical lyric moment. There is even wit: a sly quote from Richard Strauss's Salome when Prunier describes his ideal woman, and a love duet that deliberately recalls the end of the first act of La Boh?...
Portraying the elderly landlady Fraulein Schneider and her suitor Herrr Schultz, Doretta Massardo and Michael Waxenburg, respectively, supply a good deal of low-keyed comedic charm. Occasionally just a mite too quaint, their courtship is spurred on by their mutual admiration of fruits. While Fraulein Schneider is greatly pleased with the apples and peaches, the pineapple proves quite overwhelming--such a gift"...it is not proper...it makes me blush." He insists "If I could, I would fill your entire room with pineapples!" Thus, they launch into "The Pineapple Song," a romantic anthem. While Massardo possesses an able voice...
...Died. Doretta Morrow, 42, onetime Broadway beauty, star in The King and I and Kismet; of cancer; in London. Blessed with a crystal soprano, she rose to stardom as Tuptim in 1951's The King and I, went to Hollywood in Because You're Mine with Mario Lanza, and returned to more cheers with Alfred Drake in 1953's Kismet-then in 1960 tossed it all aside to marry a London insurance executive...
Music from Shubert Alley (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Six decades of Broadway, recalled in the songs that sparkled in Shubert Alley musicals. Andy Williams is host. Guest stars include Alfred Drake, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Doretta Morrow, Lisa Kirk, Ray Walston...
Oxon Hill, Md., Rosecroft Music Circus: Brigadoon, starring Doretta Morrow...