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...Bells of St. Swithins", with charm and a certain amount of delicate emotion. Mr. Evans' baritone leads excellently the chorus of "Brown October Ale". Though neither Mr. Frazier nor Miss Steck, in the leading roles, possesses a voice of such quality as these, their singing is competent, and their duet "Come Dreams So Bright" is one of the perennial hits. In the best of the comedy songs, "The Tinkers' Song", Mr. Danforth and his disguised foresters hammer, pantomime, and whistle with considerable versatility and enthusiasm. Fully half of the musical numbers are sung by the full company, and so reach...
AIDA, PUR TI RIVEGGO and LATRA FORESTI VERGINI (Victor, $2.50)-For those limited to a single record, this version of the Nile duet has the advantage of better singing by Famed Soprano Elisabeth Rethberg and Famed Tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi...
...Barres, Sophomore star who teams with Hickok to form the best duet of wingmen that Coach Charlie Comerford ever turned out at Yale. He is also a track star, specializing in the middle distance runs...
...opera chosen for the opening night. The settings were conventional, a trifle simplified; the costumes constrastingly brilliant. But the manner in which the opera was sung and acted make the strongest impression of the evening: from the lighthearted courtly dance as the curtain rose, to the tragic closing duet of Gilda and Rigoletto, Mr. Franchetti conducted a group of singers that understood not only the musical but the dramatic possibilities of the work. Joseph Royer as Rigoletto, after passing easily through the opening scene, played his role with tremendous power. Mr. Onofrel was appealing as the Duke, Tina Paggi lovely...
Less atonal in its harmonies but in spirit akin to Composer Ernst Krenek's much- discussed Jonny Spielt Auf, the bathroom opera's subject matter is a farcical treatment of divorce. The soprano's opening song becomes a duet when a man, employed by her husband to provide divorce grounds, enters the room. The duet becomes a trio when another feminine guest of the hotel comes in to demand the use of the bath. Finally the noise grows so loud that all the employes stream in. The finale is exciting, uproarious...