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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Richard Tucker, tenor; Lucine Amara, soprano; Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone; orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva conducting; Columbia, 4 sides LP). More proof that Met performances are usually better to listen to than to look at-and that Richard Tucker is one of the notable tenors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Oct. 22, 1951 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...role of Desdemona. She tackled it without a qualm, despite the fact that, with diplomats overflowing the opera house for the Japanese Peace Treaty, early rehearsals had to be held in an old downtown theater. The only thing that gave her the slightest pause was a feeling that Conductor Fausto Cleva might not do things exactly Toscanini's way. But when the big moment came, Cleva did just fine ("He was perfect"), and Soprano Nelli covered herself with glory too, singing in a voice that was sweet and sure. Even the critics joined in the prolonged applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Un-Nervous Nelli | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...Cincinnati Zoo Summer Opera: grand opera plus a few lighter productions; Fausto Cleva, Paul Breisach conducting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sharps & Flats Alfresco | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

Help from the Poets. Thirteen state witnesses testified against Laura Diaz. All agreed that words insulting to the Pope had been uttered, but they did not agree as to what the words were. Defense Attorney Fausto Gullo, himself a Communist and former Minister for Justice, pleaded: "Are we going to judge her as we would a sunset, according to our momentary emotions? Gullo quoted from Dante...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Insult to the Pope | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

Next day, the temper increased. Communist Deputy Fausto Gullo, a peevish pout on his face, charged his enemies with the old tactics of Lysistrata.* Cried he: "These last elections have been shameful. The government used unthinkable methods to win its majority. Do you want an example? Priests openly counseled wives to go on a 'bedroom strike' if the Communists won the elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Yes, Petkoff | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

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