Word: freischutz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pathétique. Two gentle poodles (those feuding balletomanes, the Marquis de Cuevas and Choreographer Serge Li far) fought a duel with ostrich feathers to the music of Claire de Lune. Minerva the black panther (Callas) appeared in a red wig to music from Weber's Der Freischutz and devoured a chesty white dove (Tebaldi). Casarosa the old sheepdog (Rubi Rubirosa) pounced on two young things to Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture, fainted dead away while Ringmaster Max explained: "Casarosa isn't as young as he thinks he is.'' In a mad finale...
...naive as The King and I. Performance: a knockout. Von Weber: Four-Hand Piano Pieces (Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale; Columbia). A gifted romantic at his most melodious. Weber puts as much sweet pathos and lilting grace into these little charmers as he does into his more famed operas (Der Freischutz, Oberon, Euryanthe). Other notable new releases: Brahms's German Requiem (soloists, Frankfurt Opera Chorus and Orchestra and Museum Orchestra conducted by Georg Sold; Capitol, 2 LPs); Giuseppe Torelli's Twelve Concert!, Op. 8 (Stuttgart Pro Musica String Orchestra conducted by Rolf Reinhardt; Vox, 3 LPs). Tchaikovsky...