Word: moffo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years of existence. In a move that stunned New York's business community, RCA announced that Sarnoff, at the age of 57, also would step down as chairman, and even as a director on Dec. 31. RCA said that Sarnoff, who is married to Metropolitan Opera Singer Anna Moffo, "intends to pursue other interests of a personal nature...
...enter. At the time there was speculation that he might be forced out by dissident directors, including Industrialist Martin Seretean-who has since left the board, though he remains RCA's largest stockholder. Sarnoff has also been openly criticized for the publicity buildup that RCA gave Moffo after they married...
Married. Anna Moffo, 39, veteran soprano of New York's Metropolitan Opera and occasional nonsinging movie actress; and Robert W. Sarnoff, 56, board chairman and chief executive officer of RCA; she for the second time, he for the third; in Manhattan...
Halevy: La Juive, highlights (Sopranos Martina Arroyo and Anna Moffo, Tenor Richard Tucker, Bass Bonaldo Giaiotti, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio de Almeida conducting; RCA, $5.98). First performed in 1835, La Juive (The Jewess) is grand in style, massive in its demands for choral, orchestral and solo forces and spectacular in stage effects; in accordance with the Parisian fondness for such stuff, it was one of the favorites of 19th century French opera. Set in 1 5th century Switzerland, the story concerns the persecution of Eleazar, a Jewish goldsmith, and his foster daughter Rachel. Before his execution, Eleazar...
Despite the promise of her voice, there were those at Milan's La Scala in 1956 who wondered if Madame Butterfly should be 5 ft. 10 in. in her zori. But American Soprano Anna Moffo went on to make a dazzling operatic debut, and since then Cio-Cio-San has been one of her favorite parts. Last week Anna had a chance to restudy the role in Butterfly's homeland. On her first visit to Japan, she wasted no time becoming acclimatized. To the delight of the tourists, she tripped through Tokyo's Chinzanso Gardens...