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...died. This record contributes a great deal to our knowledge of Porter, dredging up songs which reveal a characteristic Porter flair, singing them as Porter himself would have. Short is a performer of great talent, both as a vocalist and as pianist. His two record set may be the finest tribute to Porter's talent yet produced...
...Classics, a discipline representing individual preference as well as the influence of his rabbi father. He also ran for the track team, wisely but not too well, though he fondly recalls his tutelage under Bill McCurdy. "McCurdy is one of the glories of Harvard. He is one of the finest teachers you have...
...Figaro was well received at Prague in 1786. The impresario Bondini hoped to profit again and commissioned Mozart and Daponte for the next season; the fruit of the collaboration was Don Giovanni. As can be said of almost any piece, the opera does contain some of Mozart's finest music. The ensembles are particularly subtle for their delicate musical characterizations...
...Juan figure, Don Giovanni in the Italian: Raymond Hickman makes a strong, swaggering, insolent libertine whose singing suggests an appropriate mocking tone whether in love or rage. The Don's servant, Leporello, is usually caricatured as an inoffensive jester. As played by Daniel Windham, easily the finest actor of the cast, he became a figure of great sensitivity and dignity. Windham's basso was round and distinct, his stage movements expressive and natural...
...enthusiastic reception of Don Giovanni was appropriate to the excellent over-all production. Mozart, sung and played well, is a pleasure for virtually every music lover. The Arts Festival has brought together a large group of Boston's finest musicians. To give Harvard students all the credit would undervalue the majority contribution from the non-Harvard people of professional and amateur status alike. In the end, the result only is important: more opera of this caliber can and should be produced with the excellent resources available...