Word: franco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...police, who were "trying to win the love of the people" are also targets Bunuel's cruel humor. So is the Ambassador from Miranda, a country which resembles the Spain of Franco which Bunuel fought against and still bitterly opposes. In a dream sequence, antagonized by guests at a dinner party given by a French colonel, the Ambassador kills his host who has jeered, "I didn't know that chivalry still existed in your semi-savage country." If these are jokes, they are sadistic and blasphemous ones...
Bing responded to singers in emotional and hard-to-predict ways. In 5,000 Nights, he forgives Tenor Franco Corelli his rages and frequent last-minute cancellations because he is "the incarnation of opera." But the late Jussi Bjoerling, who sang with a lyric grace beyond Corelli's comprehension but who annoyed Bing by his grudging attitude toward rehearsals, is not forgiven his sins-"a very irresponsible artist...
...film, which is directed by Christopher Cortis of Great Britain, is a Franco-German co-production sponsored by the United States Information Agency for Bavarian TV in Munich. It will be shown approximately 12 times in England, France and Germany, beginning in late spring next year...
Meanwhile, relations are expanding outside the Arab world. Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin visited Baghdad two months ago to sign a friendship pact. After his visit to Paris last week, Takriti announced his ambition "to see Franco-Iraqi relations raised to the level of relations with the Soviet Union." Diplomatic relations between Baghdad and Washington were severed after the Six-Day War, and 13 months ago, Iraq confiscated the U.S. embassy to house its foreign ministry. But in September, two U.S. foreign service officers will arrive in Baghdad to take over the American-interests section of the Belgian embassy, a task...
...every Puccini fan dreams of hearing but rarely does. Awesome is the word for Birgit Nilsson's portrayal of Salome's final 14 minutes on earth. As for the Act I love duet from Otello, Soprano Teresa Zylis-Gara sings with disciplined creaminess, but Tenor Franco Corelli, alas, gulps phrases and swallows words as if he were drowning in the music rather than singing...