Word: milanov
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Celtic Brünnhilde. The Met's Zinka Milanov is one of the few. Possessed of a voice unsurpassed nowadays for sheer beauty and warmth, Yugoslav Soprano Milanov has a controlling interest in the company's dramatic Italian leads, i.e., in Aïda, Trovatore, Forza del Destino, and a monopoly on Norma. After a whole season of preparation for the part, she appeared on stage looking something like a Celtic Brünnhilde...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Aïda, with Milanov, Barbieri, Del Monaco, London...
Verdi: II Trovatore (Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Bjoerling, Leonard Warren; RCA Victor Orchestra and Robert Shaw Chorale conducted by Renato Cellini; Victor). Some of the Metropolitan's stars in an "unofficial" version (the Met's contract is with Columbia). This one is notable for a magnificent recording job, the singing of Soprano Milanov, and some rousing choruses, including the Anvil...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). La Forza del Destino, with Milanov, Tucker, Warren...
...critics ladled out the praise generously to the cast, headed by Soprano Zinka Milanov, Tenor Richard Tucker, Baritone Leonard Warren and Basso Cesare Siepi. Just to keep franchise, the critics grumbled a little because of some of the cuts that were made (or some that were not made) in shortening Verdi's overlong opera. But they more than made up for that with praise of Painter Eugene Berman's "deeptoned and properly ominous" new sets (TIME...