Word: lishner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...awards for it six years ago in New York. She is a superb actress as well as a consummate singer, and I found her performance here even more exalted than on Broadway. All the other singers were fine, notably Norman Adkins, Ruth Kobart, Lydia Summers and Leon Lishner. Chandler Cowles' staging was first-rate; and Evan Whallon's handling of the orchestra was expert, except for letting the piano play too loudly...
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken, Leon Lishner, Chet Allen; orchestra and chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers; Victor). Menotti's 1951 Christmas story with the original NBC-TV cast, Menotti's easygoing melodies, and the soprano voice of twelve-year-old Chet Allen...
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