Word: lohenrin
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Since Eva and Walther are not figures so mystical as Elsa and Lohenrin, they require both in melody and acting a flair that Jutta Meyfurth and Marion Alch possessed. Miss Meyfurth sang Eva with a strength of passion less suited to the part than simple delicacy; still, she handled her forcefulness well. Alch had a proper impetuousness and mastered the demanding range of this part, but the song with which he won Eva was marred by swallowed vowels and consonants. The directors must assume much of the blame, for they cut the second stanza of this crucial song...
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