Word: mets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soon became clear that she did not like the Met's Traviata production; moreover, Renata Tebaldi had been allowed to withdraw from it-so why not Callas? "Those lousy Traviatas he wanted to make me do!" said she. "Why give up a contract of 26 performances just for three lousy Traviatas...
Callas had broken her contract, Bing explained, by backing out on her agreement (confirmed by her as recently as five weeks ago) to sing in three productions of La Traviata at the Met this season. After lengthy correspondence and, evidently, ample provocation from Callas, Bing wired her an ultimatum that if she did not agree-"by 10 a.m. Thursday"-to sing in Traviata or the substitute roles he offered her, her contract would be canceled...
...refurbish the perennially popular double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, the Met's Rudolf Bing got lavish, handsome but unimaginative new sets from the hands of Scene Designer Rolf Gerard, hired a top Broadway director, Jose (Long Day's Journey into Night) Quintero. Although he had never done an opera before, and had seen only half a dozen in his life, Director Quintero somehow managed to absorb most of the stagy, stiff-kneed mannerisms of traditional opera productions. Nevertheless, particularly in Pagliacci, he added some truly exciting touches: Nedda, starting her first-act aria reclining voluptuously...
...cadet wing gathered in the courtyard for a pre-game pep rally and set up a din that would not be denied. General Sullivan explained patiently that the trip would involve a 20-hour bus ride each way, that it would cost every cadet $25. Each objection was met with a roar of dissent. General Sullivan gave in. The entire cadet wing boarded 22 buses, rode all night to Iowa City, changed into their blues en route and arrived just before game time...
...charm while 1) pregnant, and 2) on the rise to higher levels of intellect? Can a middle-aged producer reap wild oats? Can a female swimmer be a submarine hostess? Can a tycoon's son carry on? Can a crooner liquidate a photographer? Last week these vital questions met these tentative answers: ¶ Marilyn Monroe, shooting her first Hollywood film (MGM's Some Like It Hot) since she left for New York and re-education two years ago, was pregnant and more intellectual than ever. Marilyn stayed coolly sealed inside the mental isolation booth that Manhattan Methodman...