Word: horned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...HORN...
...little 600-seat opera house at Glyndebourne (rhymes with fine horn) was almost filled. Conductor Fritz Busch started the overture, and the curtain went up on the first professional British production of the rarely performed Idomeneo. The opera is based on a Greek legend of the King of Crete who is nearly trapped into sacrificing his son to the sea god Poseidon in exchange for his own safety. Though Idomeneo is unwieldy on the stage, members of the orchestra and cast (representing the U.S., England, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Australia) put on a first-rate show, glittering with classic fidelity...
...feet back along the tracks with a red flag in his hand. When he saw the Red Arrow rumbling toward him, he stood between the rails in the bright morning sunshine and waved desperately. He had to jump for his life. As the Red Arrow rounded the curve, its horn blasted. Then, with a roar and a blinding electric flash, its locomotive sliced through the rear Pullman of the express, derailed the car ahead, reared like a wounded beast, and toppled sideways in a blizzard of dust, broken glass and feathers from burst pillows...
...choice of music is the caliber of the musicians. Blessed with a concert master from the Minneapolis Symphony, Deno Geanakopolos 5G, the organization (particularly the string choir) played consistently well all year long and with precision and richness of tone. Even that problem child of the orchestra, the horn section, improved steadily and reached its peak in Friday's performance of Siegfried's Rhine Journey...
...slightly chipped green walls, a rostrum at one end, and twenty rows of chairs. Sitting around when I came in were a couple of old men, two old women, and a six-year-old girl who mugged everyone present. From out of the corner an impeccably dressed individual with horn-rimmed glasses and a bush of curly hair appeared to greet...