Word: guarrera
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Marriage of Figaro, with De los Angeles, Conner, Siepi, Guarrera...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Faust, with Kirsten, Campora, Guarrera, Hines. Conductor: Monteux...
...first act of the Metropolitan Opera's new Don Pasquale, Baritone Frank Guarrera peeks behind a screen where Coloratura Roberta Peters is making an onstage costume change. "Brava," he sings with a leer. "Brava, brava!" That sentiment might well serve as comment on the whole production. Peters & Co. have turned Gaetano Donizetti's old (1843) comic opera into something to cheer about...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Carmen, with Stevens, Del Monaco, Guarrera...
Verdi: Falstaff (Herva Nelli, Cloe Elmo, Giuseppe Valdengo, Frank Guarrera, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini; Victor, 3 LPs). Verdi's last opera (composed when he was 79) and his towering masterpiece. Old age robbed Verdi of none of his genius, and at times the Falstaff melodies have all the melting tenderness of Ada or Trovatore. The orchestra trills and chortles in a mischievous manner most of the time, and the Maestro sees to it that every note is dagger-sharp. Although the voices are not all of surpassing beauty, there is enough standout singing...