Word: godounov
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...were lavishly heralded, created a sensation with interpretation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Before the War, he conducted for seven years at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, directing with equal aplomb Russian, French, German, Italian opera. He produced Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-Bleu, Moussorgsky's Boris Godounov; revived Gluck's Orfeo and Armide, Weber's Euryanthe. His feats of memory have become legend. Never has he been seen to use a score. In his head are over 100 operas, in addition to an enormous concert repertoire. When the jealous ask, "Why does...