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...demolished northern Italy. A stupid thing to say, I know, for even before the War Nervi had demonstrated undeniable genius as an engineer. Yet Nervi's is the genius of solving problems. Destruction and financial ruin in Italy necessitated speed and economy, driving Nervi to the discovery of "ferro-cement," a new reinforced concrete--cheaper, more elastic, and, of the essence, more rapidly constructed than older versions...
...constructing the spiral stairs that Nervi first hindered by the rigidity which an interior timber formwork imposed on reinforced concrete. The next twelve years witnessed Nervi's various modifications of the skeleton of reinforced concrete and "in retrospect' strikingly continuous progression toward ferro-cement...
...material substituted flexible steel mesh for timber, in a way that simplified the cementing process and thus allowed for vital short-cuts in reinforced concrete construction. The substance could be mass-produced at a ferro-cement factory established by Nervi in 1945. Prefabrication, a second vital innovation, allowed the builder to transport parts from a center of mass production to the building site and simplified the actual job of erecting the structure...
...When Del Ferro starred in Otello last week, few in the audience could have guessed that he had appeared only 15 times before on any opera stage. He displayed a richly colored voice of such volume and stamina that he sounded as fresh at the final curtain as he did in the opening scenes. A stocky (5 ft. 8 in., 180 Ibs.), barrel-chested man, he gave the role a sense of dramatic dignity that made the tortured delusions of the final scenes all the more moving. Critics and audience agreed that he promised to be one of the great...
Back home in Philadelphia, Tenor del Ferro. son of an Italian father and a Russian mother, used to work out in amateur theatricals, sang pop songs for a while with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, packaged and produced TV shows, even played a season of semi-pro football. But all the time he yearned to "go legit" as a singer, briefly studied voice in New York. An agent advised him to get live dramatic experience, and he took off for England, where Covent Garden promptly offered the role of Radames in A'ida after a single audition. Since then...