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Mozart: Don Giovanni (John Brownlee, baritone; Ina Souez, Audrey Mildmay and Luise Helletsgruber, sopranos; Koloman von Pataky, tenor; Salvatore Baccaloni, bass; the Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Fritz Busch conducting; 6 sides LP). First released in the U.S. in 1938 in a 78-r.p.m. album, this is still the best performance of the Don on records; no one voice is brilliantly outstanding, but the temper of the ensemble more than makes up for that. The sound, good on shellac, is, if anything, improved...
...former science master at Eton, inherited his family's fortune ($1,329,000 and 10,000 acres in Sussex and Devonshire) after World War I. Although he plays no instrument himself, Christie is an ardent music lover. In 1931 he married a pretty young singer named Audrey Mildmay, and for her built the perfect miniature opera house on his estate. Christie already had an international festival in mind. Said he: "We will...
Died. Anthony Bingham Mildmay, 41, 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete, full-time amateur jockey and sportsman; of drowning; in Devonshire, England. Renowned for his awkward, wildly jouncing style, "Nitty" Mildmay at one time ranked fourth on the nation's list of jockeys...
This time Lord Mildmay looked for better luck. Before he climbed up on Cromwell at Aintree last week, he said, "I am full of confidence." But confidence soon left the Mildmay rooters in the crowd of 300,000 who jammed the 4½-mi. steeplechase course. As the field of 43 thundered over the first hazardous jumps, the long-legged Lord let three outsiders steal a long lead on the favorite. He seemed to be concentrating on getting safely, rather than quickly, over the jumps. It was hard to cavil at this: 32 of the 43 horses failed to finish...
...winning jockey was Irishman Leo McMorrow, a pro from Mount Shannon, County Sligo. Said he: "It's a once in a lifetime. Lord Mildmay? Poor beggar, he's a heart of fire, but he'll never make...