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...evenings, they were "typically Viennese, very charming." First, there was a performance of The Marriage of Figaro "in the little theater in the winter palace which had been built by the Emperor,"*and it was "beautifully done, exquisitely done. And afterwards, we met the artists and had supper with them...
Paris critics agree. At an exhibit last week, to celebrate Lurçat's 60th birthday, the experts trooped through rooms of tapestries, paintings, ceramics and illustrations, studied the forms and startling colors, then hurried home to write their critiques. Said Paris' Le Figaro: "Lurçat has reached heights of success higher than was expected. Tapestry is à la mode." Said Le Monde: "Lurçat has made the wool sing again...
Paris' respected Le Figaro termed these headlines "undisguised appeals to violence and disorder," demanded to know what police would do. But Paris police did nothing hasty. After one evening's demonstrations fizzled, they waited for things to cool off. Next morning L'Humanité fanned the flames by saying that the first riot was only the beginning, and called on the party to resist the "black wall of police sticks and carbines." It sounded the tocsin for a bigger demonstration. At the same time party headquarters sent out orders which made it appear that the demonstration would...
Paris' critics came out gasping superlatives. Said Le Figaro: "An extraordinary ensemble, playing with an assurance and ardor that bordered on fanaticism." L'Aurore's critic said, "Never before have we heard anything comparable to the sumptuous sonority of the strings and mordant quality of the trumpets." Said one Boston musician: "We did our best because we realized what it meant to Munch and Monteux to play in Paris...
...Figaro, pet cat at the Moser & Cotins advertising agency, began to look sick, was found to be suffering from ulcers...