Word: glorias
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Haiti came tidings of the restless honeymoon of self-satisfied Novelist James (From Here to Eternity) Jones, 33, and his luscious, platinum-tressed bride, Gloria Mosolino, 29, whose previous claim to fame was a brief stand-inship for Cinemactress Marilyn Monroe. Before going to Manhattan last week to grapple with his publisher, Jones discoursed long and freely about his latest goo-plus-page opus, Some Came Running, due for autumn publication. "The book," crowed Jones, "is 300,000 words longer than Eternity. The last six months I lived on gin and Miltown while finishing...
...surrendering its individuality, draws not a little inspiration from 16th Century polyphony. Written entirely for a capella chorus, the work is impressive in its construction, evidence of the composer's unquestioned versatility in contrapuntal writing. The chorus appeared quite at home with the piece and sang it admirably; the Gloria was particularly well done...
Married. James Jones, 35, determinedly tough bestselling novelist (From Here to Eternity); and Gloria Patricia Mosolino, 29; in Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
...telephone call came through one day last week from Budapest to Rio de Janeiro's Hotel Gloria. On the Rio end, three of the world's top soccer players took their turns for one minute of conversation. On the Budapest end were the players' wives, all with the same message: "Please come home! Everything will be all right." The Hungarian government was leaving no weapon untried in an effort to lure its topflight Honved soccer team back from a renegade jaunt...
...Gianna Pederzini) reveals on her deathbed to the sorrowing nuns her fear that God has abandoned her. Aided by La Scala's magnificent sets, the opera builds from that point to a dramatic third-act climax in which Blanche's calm recitation of Deo Patri Sit Gloria is counterpoised against the offstage thuds of the guillotine and the screams of the hysterical mob. The reaction of first-night critics was divided. Some were charmed by the opera's lyricism and moved by its emotional power; others found its music imitative or thought they detected in the more...