Word: maestro
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When the French invaded Lombardia, the people went to Leonardo da Vinci crying: "Maestro, there is fire, death and ruin in our cities." // maestro, holding a fly in his hand, answered calmly: "People always were stupid and always will be. More interesting is what I have just discovered-that a fly uses his hind legs to drive his flight." It is still interesting to learn about nature's miracles of nature. RUDOLF HUB Lima, Peru...
Every year Metropolitan Opera General Manager Rudolf Bing, 64, edges closer to the record of Italian-born Maestro Giulio Gatti-Casazza, who ruled the house from 1908 to 1935. Last week Bing and the Met agreed that he should stay on through the 1970 season. That will give him 20 harrowing years...
...lighter numbers, deftly shaped a generous symphonic sound for Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue with grand, sweeping gestures. Says Lewis: "It's harder getting a symphony to swing than getting a jazz ensemble to play Bach." At performance's end, the audience cried "Grazie, maestro!" and the string players tapped their bows on their instruments, a high compliment that the tradition-minded orchestra has paid to only two other conductors (Herbert von Karajan and Victor de Sabata) in the past 20 years...
...sound!" Yet for all the accolades, Lewis says he felt he had really arrived when, after opening night, he visited the elegant Biffi Scala, which is to Milano operagoers what Sardi's is to Broadway theater. At his appearance, the chef marched out of the kitchen, cried "Bravissimo, maestro!" and pointed to the latest addition to the menu-a beef fillet smothered in a sauce made of mustard, cognac, sour cream and a heavy dose of pepper. Its name: bistecca Enrico Lewis...
Pomp & Circumstance. The local maestro may not be Mr. Kenneth (the man responsible for Jackie Kennedy's bouffant), Alexandre of Paris (who whipped up the celebrated chignon that adorned Elizabeth Taylor at her last wedding), or London's Vidal Sassoon (whose clients are expected to come in at least three times a week). But he is deft with a spray can, and a real wizard when it comes to teasing...