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...Vienna University for his thesis Richard Wagner as Stage Director, staged more than 50 operas including Modernist George Antheil's Transatlantic. Known for his direct, challenging technique which he learned from the cinema and the Russians Stanislavsky, Tairoff and Meyerhold, he won fame by staging the most energetic Falstaff Philadelphia ever saw, increased his reputation when he mounted Mozart's Escape from the Seraglio and Gluck's Alceste in Florence's Boboli Garden last year. Hardly had he stepped off the boat in Manhattan last month when he was rushed to Cleveland to stage Elektra under...
Operatic comedies have had the most success in translation. The Cleveland Orchestra has given praiseworthy performances of Die Fledermaus and The Secret of Suzanne in English. Philadelphia excelled with Falstaff and The Marriage of Figaro last winter. All children want to understand the words when they go to Hansel and Gretel, a fact recognized years ago by the touring San Carlo Company...
...author finding in the music of their names excuse for theft from Lyly, Burton, and Walt Whitman; "Bluebell and Burly, . . Old Drum, . . Rouster, . . Bugler, Fifer, Bounce, Nimble, Witchcraft, Warlock, and Wisdom. . . He told over their names, softly, for their names were autumnal melody ... Ringwood, Dashwood, Robin, Patrona, Pirate, Gadabout. . . Falstaff, Rockaby, Sweetheart, Tireless, Highlander, Pibroch, Chieftan, Crystal, Valkyrie, Beldame, Pickpocket, Tattler, Blackamoor, Dragoon, ... Tipster, Hector, Melodius, Lucifer, Strident, Chorister, Lark, Cherokee, Hurricane, Phoebe, Fanciful, Juno, Linda." Three of Music's puppies, the Cap'n happily named "Do, Re, and Mi." The author evinces an admirable and affectionate knowledge of hounds...
Germany and Austria have pronounced Giannini a great dramatic artist. Toscanini chose her to sing in Falstaff at the Salzburg Festival last summer (TIME, Sept. 2), chose her again for his General Motors broadcast and for his forthcoming performance of the Verdi Requiem. But Father Giannini waited until last week to form his own opinion, then said: "I always think my Dusolina, she has a very nice voice. Now I believe she acts very good...
Aside from a single Tristan und Isolde, poorly sung but flamingly conducted by Walter, Salzburg this year heard little of Wagner. It liked best the effete Viennese gaiety of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, the bubbling Italian gaiety of Verdi's Falstaff, the pure charm of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, Il Seraglio, Figaro. Toscanini electrified audiences with Beethoven's Fidelio but he also made a great point of reviving a disused ''Reformation" symphony by Mendelssohn, banned in Germany because its composer was a Jew. This he played last Sunday in a broadcast...