Word: leonora
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...MISS LEONORA WHEN LAST SEEN by Peter Taylor. 398 pages. Obolensky...
...loyal fans of Soprano Renata Tebaldi had a hard time in recent years detecting the girlish silhouette of Mimi, say, or Leonora beneath their favorite's puffed-up form. Unlike her archrival Callas. who had the theatrical canniness to diet to a sleek whisper of her former self, Tebaldi apparently felt that it was sufficient for a soprano simply to trundle on stage and sing...
...Otto Klemperer; Angel, 3 LPs). An easy-breathing, expansive performance notable for the clarity of its orchestral effects. There are more dramatic Fidelias but none with quite the same air of authority that Klemperer musters here. Mezzo Ludwig's singing is pure, true and warm; she creates a Leonora that is consistently moving and everywhere credible...
...first time at the Metropolitan Opera last week. Soprano Leontyne Price brought to Anna a vitality that she rarely had before, gave as fine a reading of the role as present-day operagoers are likely to hear and see. As in her previous appearances in this triumphant debut season-Leonora in Il Trovatore, Aïda, Cio-Cio-San in Butterfly-Soprano Price was setting new standards by which to judge some of opera's classic roles...
...fall to the basso's lot. Being the villain, he finds, helps him "get rid of a lot of anxiety," and besides, a basso's roles are more convincing dramatically. "Can you imagine," he says, "having to make something out of a character as stupid as Leonora? I'd feel a perfect fool...