Word: maestro
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...bespectacled Maestro of Morning-side has labored through three years, and now his opus is complete. The official, if delayed, unveiling starts at 2 p.m. today. Before the season's exhibitions are done, the rejuvenated Lions should win considerably more games than they lose...
...only in minor-league opera in the U.S., and that she had not been heard by many others. "If she hasn't," said Toscanini, "she will be now." But up to last week, Herva Nelli's U.S. reputation was based on what she could do with the Maestro conducting. In San Francisco, she stepped...
...maestro's Mozart, which he directed from a pillow-padded armchair, was sometimes hampered by lack of rehearsal and by lack of a disciplined first-rate orchestra, but at its best it showed the same deep understanding and respect for the composer's intentions as does Casals' Bach...
...Last year, at the first festival, I suffered from stage fright because I hadn't played in public for so long. Now I enjoy it all immensely." At one point in mid-festival, a bit tired from the heavy load of rehearsals and performances, the 74-year-old maestro felt faint for a moment, had to pause briefly before going on. But this week, apparently none the worse for wear, he was getting ready for three weeks of recordings, talking about another festival next year...
...have waited for you for 34 years-ever since Gigli!" sobbed Maestro Rosati. For 15 months, under Rosati and with help from Teacher Grant Garnell, Lanza buckled down to work. He even learned something he had always shirked: how to read music. Finally, he could sing concerts again without nervousness tightening his throat; his reputation and fees began to rise. One of his first big dates was at Chicago's Grant Park before a summer crowd of 55,000. The next night, after the Chicago Tribune headlined, "LANZA BORN TO SING," on its front page, he drew...