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...Concert Master: Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado; Mendelssohn, Italian Symphony; Ezio Pinza recital...
Died. William Danforth, 73, roaring, scowling delight for half a century of U.S.' Savoyards; after long illness; in Skaneateles, N.Y. Triple-tonguing Songster Danforth estimated he had sung the title role in The Mikado 1,000 times...
Patter Songs from Gilbert & Sullivan (Nelson Eddy, baritone, with chorus and orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster; Columbia: 6 sides; $2.75). Baritone Eddy's fans-but not Savoyards-will forgive his rather apologetic, Yankeefied impersonations of the Mikado, Jack Point, the Lord Chancellor, John Wellington Wells, Major General Stanley, First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. The last one sounds like an odd, unconscious parody of President Roosevelt speechmaking...
...year are the "Dirge For Two Veterans", by Holst; "Choeur de Soldats", from Johann Straus operetta "La Reine Indigo"; "Der Ganz am Liebchen", by Brahms; and the exciting opening scene from Verdi's "Othello." Familiar pieces such as several choruses from the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas "Patience" and "The Mikado", and "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Bach's 146 Cantate will also be performed...
...Johnson. For the Chicago World's Fair he devised a moth-&-flame dance in which the flame left the moth in the nude (several moths got burned in rehearsals). Thereafter he produced Broadway flops, sold Santa Claus paraphernalia to stores, raised enough money to produce his sensational Hot Mikado with Bill ("Bojangles") Robinson in the lead. Then came his New York World's Fair successes...