Word: friedrichs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Friedrich Schorr's greatness as a Wagnerian interpreter sprang not as much from his voice (which was never spectacular) as from his "scholarship. An earnest, methodical man, he made Wagner's roles his business, and learned that business from the ground up. Before he considered himself ready to sing Hans Sachs, he made a trip to Nuremberg, ransacked its old churches and libraries for material on the medieval Meistersinger. Schorr never sang a major role without shutting himself up for hours before the performance, going over every detail with meticulous care. Said he: "I have a great responsibility...
...their elders (Wotan, Hans Sachs, Kurwenal, et al.) are mostly kindhearted, responsible, possessed of human failings and a regard for social obligations. For 20 years at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera these benign Wagnerian oldsters have been impersonated by the outstanding Wagnerian baritone of his generation, stocky, bald-headed Friedrich Schorr. Last week, before a packed house that rose to its feet and cheered, Friedrich Schorr sang Wotan for the last time. At 54, Friedrich Schorr was getting too old to be Wagner...
...Friedrich Schorr now looks forward to teaching younger singers his vast Wagnerian lore. With the proceeds of his 400-odd Metropolitan performances he has bought himself a home in Monroe, N.Y., where, with German methodicalness, he raises potatoes and experimental cherry bushes. For relaxation he climbs the surrounding hills with his tough-looking German boxer, hunts and fishes in Tyrolean knee breeches and a feathered...
...Russo-German war, if not in all of World War II-approached its end. The Red Army had killed or captured most of the German and Rumanian troops that had been hammering the city since last August. In the final stages even the Nazi Commander, Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, surrendered along with 16 other generals...
Most concerned over the outcome of the balloting was Carl Joachim Friedrich, professor of Government, who declared that "disappointment with the way the war was going was reflected in the election returns." He pointed out, on the other hand, that the defeat of the Democrats was due principally to their lack of political leadership and their pre-occupation with other things...