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Jewels & Squeaks. For the past four years, Ascari has been driving for Motor-maker Enzo Ferrari, whose jewel-like ($10,000 and up) speedsters have given him his greatest triumphs and narrowest squeaks. Until last week's Monza, Ascari's closest brush with death was 1949's Netherlands Grand Prix. Ascari was leading by three laps. "I was doing 120 m.p.h. on the straightaway," he recalls, "when all of a sudden the left rear wheel flew off and rolled into a meadow." Somehow, Ascari managed to keep his Ferrari balanced on three wheels, gradually let it slow...
...ENZO GIACCHERO, 40, Italian Christian Democrat and professor of engineering...
...large part, these brilliant performances draw added luminance from Enzo Serafin's photography and Menotti's direction. Menotti guides his characters, so that every motion is meaningful and fluid, erasing all the jerkiness and guachery usually associated with the gesturing of opera performers. Serafin's camera work creates the electric air and studied equilbrium through sharp contrasts and quick transitions. The Medium, in short, is a superb welding of acting, music, and photography into an integral entity...
Then comes Il Trovatore. Admittedly the plot is ridiculous and the music not always first-rate. Still, there can be no excuse for this wretched production. Stereotyped sets, exaggerated dramatic sequences, and stilted love scenes class this among the worst opera movies ever made. Enzo Mascherini and Gianno Pederzini are unhappily cast as the lovers. They can't act, and their singing is strained and ugly. Even the "Miserare" becomes laughably unconvincing. By the time the picture ended, Trovatore was not the only...
...part of the gypsy minstrel, Manrico, Gino Sinimberghi has a warm and clear tenor. Azucena, Manrico's mother, is sung with intensity and dramatic power by Gianna Pederzini. Supporting singers Enzo Mascherni and Vittorina Colonnello also have fine, well-controlled voices. The orchestra and chorus of the Rome Opera House completes the first-rate group of artists which makes "II Trovatore" at least a musical success...