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...last row of the distant balcony to mezzo-fortes of melting sweetness to fortes of trumpeting and often edgy fierceness. She may not have the most beautiful voice in the world (a credit often reserved for Italy's Renata Tebaldi or the Metropolitan Opera's Zinka Milanov), but she is certainly the most exciting singer...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Norma, with Milanov, Thebom' Penno, Siepi...
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...
When it was all over, Diva Milanov retired to her dressing room to munch an apple and then greet 100 or so admirers in relays of five. By 1 a.m. she was exhausted, but happily planning four more Normas in what is left of the season...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Aïda, with Milanov, Barbieri, Del Monaco, London...