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Word: gohengrin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Guild, disclosed that it had gained 500 new members since this time last year, pledged the Opera 25% more support. Rose Bampton sang two Strauss lieder. Radio Announcer Graham McNamee made arch announcements for a burlesque of opera in 2000 A. D. wherein Dancer Paul Draper, as "Gohengrin, the Flying Dutch-man," arrived in an airplane instead of a swan-boat, twinkle-toed around his bride while the Orchestra played Wagner's Wedding March in swingtime. A chorus from New York's schools thundered the Soldiers' Chorus from Faust, climaxing it with a lunge towards the footlights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Met's Metamorphosis | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

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