Word: melissa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acknowledged masterpieces to be familiar and enjoyable ground for the G. & S. lover. In most of their operettas, for instance, there is one piece which hearkens back effectively to the music of England's "Golden Age" of Purcell and Byrd. In Ida, the lovely duet-minuet sung by Melissa and Lady Blanche becomes, not so much from the quality of the singing as from the grace and obvious enjoyment of the singers, one of the high spots of the performance. It should be noted, however, that G. & S. did not achieve here that perfect union of talents which marks their...
...worthy of Martyn Green, both for its cheerful leering and its precise enunciation. Nell Davenport was equally well cast as Lady Blanche; her voice, however, was not quite equal to the range of the score. Merle Moses, as Lady Psyche, effectively contrasts here susceptibility to Lady Blanche's austerity. Melissa, played by Sally Cameron, displayed a spirit and enthusiasm for her role which set the tone for the other female members of the cast...
...success-and Manhattan's Ballet Theatre has learned it the hard way. It was bad enough when Ballet Theatre's financial backing ran low in 1948 and the group had to suspend for a season. Its morale suffered other blows when such dancers as Nora Kaye and Melissa Hayden switched to George Balanchine's rival New York City Ballet. Last week, nonetheless, Ballet Theatre was forgetting hard times and making a strong Manhattan comeback...
...curtained stage with an eight-girl corps in red-shaded classic tutus, moving in familiar Balanchine patterns-four against four, diagonally across the stage, interweaving. Then Balanchine proved the caliber of his company. He set five ballerinas in a line: Maria Tallchief, Tanaquil Le-Clercq, Diana Adams, Patricia Wilde, Melissa Hayden. Three danseurs nobles
...Eglevsky, Robbins and Magallanes) joined them in a fluid, swiftly changing pattern. In the second movement, "Theme and Variations," Balanchine exploited Tallchief's precision, Diana Adams' elegant lyricism, Melissa Hayden's athletic excellence. The "Minuet" interlude for the corps de ballet was dainty, but with too much energy and verve to be precious. The Finale, with the full company on stage, sent the critics racing hot-eyed for their typewriters...