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America's other Tchaikovsky prizewinners-Sopranos Jane Marsh, 24, and Veronica Tyler, 29, and Bass Simon Estes, 28-had already made impressive postcontest showings with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood last month. Now Kates and Dichter as well have added luster to their own bright promise...
...Soprano Marsh was scheduled to sing again, but she developed tonsillitis. When the malady lingered on, a hasty call went out to Veronica Tyler. Arriving from New York a bare hour ahead of time with her yellow gown over her arm, Tyler swept onstage with complete aplomb and velvet voice to repeat two of the arias she had sung in her previous appearance with the orchestra. "These young singers and musicians are great-no pretensions, natural, enthusiastic, no pettiness," marveled Orchestra Manager Thomas Perry. Shrugged Baltimore-born Tyler: "I've learned to relax, and I love to sing...
...American on the jury of the international Tchaikovsky Vocal Competition in Moscow, I share the feeling of pride that TIME demonstrated in its story [July 8] on Winner Jane Marsh, who displayed vocal beauty, technical skill and flawless musicianship...
...Moscow, the chilliest critics melted when they heard her warm, brilliant voice, and when it came to presentation, her stage technique all but obliterated the competition. The other voice contestants, especially the girls from Eastern Europe, exhibited little personality, stood like glaciers when they sang; Marsh, dressed in a flowing yellow chiffon gown, displayed the poise and personality of an established prima donna. In the finals, her arias from Otello, Susannah and Eugene Onegin (sung in Russian) convinced the jury that the voice inside the girl was as beautiful as the girl inside the dress...
Pressed Flowers. After Jane Marsh, the one American who created the greatest fascination and furor was California Pianist Misha Dichter, 20, who placed second to a remarkable young 17-year-old Soviet, Grigori Sokolov. The slight, baby-faced teen-ager played so brilliantly that the jury took the unprecedented step of awarding its compliments not only to him, but to his teacher, Professor L. I. Seligman of Leningrad...