Word: godunoff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Metropolitan Opera House. There he encased himself in the beard and trappings of an ancient czar. Exactly one hour after his arrival, Ezio Pinza, with a regal bearing that scattered stagehands right & left, stubbed out the butt of a lighted cigaret and strode through the wings as Boris Godunoff...
...those who can still bear them. Of greater relish is the delightful fantasy "Fugue and Variations on Under the Spreading Chestnut-Tree" by Weinberger, one of the sensations of the past season. The ubiquitous Russians Moussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakoff are represented by the magnificent coronation scene from "Boris Godunoff," a rarity even on mid-winder programs, and the Wedding March from "Coq d'Or," a typically pleasant example of Rimsky's slick, brilliant orchestration and excessive lushness. Perhaps the solidest thing on the program is the Overture to the "Marriage of Figaro," which in its five short minutes encompasses...