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...inflections of common speech, caught them by prowling around with a notebook, jotting down overheard phrases and sentences in approximate musical notation. The result is that the orchestra becomes part of the drama. In last week's performance (which marked the U.S. debut of opulent-voiced Dutch Soprano Gré Brouwenstijn) Jenufa proved to be as haunting a work as Alban Berg's Wozzek (TIME, March 16). From its ominous opening xylophone solo to the final burst of harp-punctuated melody, the village tragedy unfolded without the benefit of set pieces, ensembles or arias. Heavily percussioned, the orchestra...
Giving up Comforts. In less than six months, Frondizi's austerity has turned from vague phrase into dinner-table reality. Headlined Noticias Gráficas: DISASTER HITS ARGENTINE TABLE. "Commodities that were never missing from tables of the most modest homes," the paper said, "are now fast disappearing, such as wine, butter and the classic Argentine barbecue. How far can a meager family income...
...three floodlights, Marks marched former Batista Police Lieut. Eloy Contreras to a bullet-scarred wall, 36 feet from the firing squad. "Atención!" yelled Marks at 1:13 a.m. "Preparen . . . apunten . . . fuego!" After the volley, Marks stepped up to Contreras' writhing body, fired the coup de grâce with his .45 automatic-then had to shoot two more times before his man finally died. Guards took off Contreras' shoes, fingerprinted him, placed him in a plain wooden coffin, and loaded him aboard a hearse for delivery to waiting relatives. By 1:55 a.m., all three prisoners...
...little more than 25 years, Thailand has had 13 coups or attempted coups, often accompanied by assassination. But what happened last week in Bangkok was not a coup d'état, nor even a coup de main, coup de Jarnac, coup de grâce, coup de maitre, coup de pied or a coup d'oeil. Searching for the trenchant Gallic phrase to describe Strongman Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat's apparent coup against himself, the best that observers could manage was coup de repos, i.e., a move that leaves the main features of a situation unchanged...
...loping back to the hills with his wife in his arms. This tale is set to an expansive, thickly melodic score which rarely bears any relation to the frenzies on stage but occasionally strikes some fine Straussian and Puccinian sparks. Recorded by a top-notch cast (including Dutch Soprano Gré Brouwenstijn, Tenor Hans Hopf, Baritone Paul SchÖffler, Bass Oskar Czerwenka), the album provides opera buffs with a rare look at a gifted but remote composer...