Word: duets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...London always meant the most to me," exulted a magnanimous Maria Callas, 50, after she had ignited the Royal Festival Hall's S.R.O. audience. Ending an eight-year absence from the London stage, Callas shared a program of four duets and three solos each with Tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, 52. Three thousand ticket holders, who had spent an uneasy month of suspense after Callas canceled a previous concert, responded ecstatically. They gave the diva a 30-minute standing ovation, pelted the stage with flowers and finally mobbed her limousine. Exhilarated, Callas declared: "I can go on from here...
...Beverly Sills. "I won't tell you how old am or how much I weigh," said the 44-year-old soprano, who weighs more than 119 Ibs., "but I'll sing." She delivered Una voce poco fa from It Barbiere di Siviglia, prompting Grey to begin the duet Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni. But the bantam of the opera was no match for the diva, who drowned him out. Said Sills: "He's more sexy with." Said the don: "Cesare Siepi, eat your heart...
...between Nathan and his fiancee of fourteen years, Miss Adelaide (Joann Beckson). Miss Beckson is outstanding, bringing to the role all of the necessary chintziness and gum-cracking, charm, coupled with a comic flair and a powerful voice. Her rendition of "Adelaide's Lament" is delightful, as is her duet with Nathan...
...Troyens' music is at once delicately concentrated and surcharged with an agitato inner flame. It is as short-winded as Mozart and as elongated as Wagner; rarely does Berlioz repeat himself, yet he spins out one duet (Cassandra and her lover Coroebus) for 15 minutes. Never a piker in such matters, Berlioz made heroic stage demands that included hunters on horseback, ships sailing out of a harbor, a stream that turns into a "roaring waterfall" and, of course, a large wooden horse...
...shame that Carl Schlaikjer did not receive credit in the program listings for his oboe d'amore playing. It was a display of virtuoso caliber remarkable for its sensitivity of phrase and quality of tone. The instrument's sound filled the church in beautiful counterpoint to the alto-tenor duet...