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...from the principal's office came to Mrs. L. M. Smith's eighth-grade math class at Monroe High School, Rochester, N. Y. John W. Clark, 13, brightest boy, was wanted home immediately. He was to be excused for the rest of the day. For Mme Kirsten Flagstad of the Metropolitan Opera Company wanted John Clark to have lunch with...
This week the teacher had John make a little speech to his classmates about the bond between him and Mme Flagstad...
Some four years ago he started collecting autographs of celebrities, particularly of musical celebrities. When TIME printed Mme Flagstad's portrait on its front cover, John clipped and sent it to her to be autographed. Instead of the cover, Mme Flagstad sent back a large autographed original portrait of herself. Overwhelmed by the great one's friendly gesture, the lad wrote her to ask whether he could meet her when she visited Rochester on a forthcoming Metropolitan road tour. Gladly, she replied, would she see John backstage between the second and third acts. The date was kept...
McArthur's first big chance came in 1935, when Diva Kirsten Flagstad was looking around for an accompanist. He wrote her a letter, got an audition, was soon touring the world playing at her concerts. Meanwhile he had taken another bee into his bonnet. Between concerts he was hard at work in his hotel rooms studying scores, practicing how to beat time. Two years ago in Sydney, Australia, McArthur persuaded Flagstad to let him try his hand at conducting while she sang. He carried out the job like a veteran, and the Sydney critics gave him top marks. After...
...week's end it looked as though General Manager Johnson had quelled the mutiny. It was announced that Diva Flagstad would be back to sing Walkure on Feb 8. Massive Tenor Melchior had apologized. Said Impresario Johnson: "The Metropolitan Opera is bigger than any individual. . . . Let's not bother with a tempest in a teapot...