Word: mozartean
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conducting. the orchestra, though not enormous made Mozart's superb instrumental passages stand out Sunday as they seldom do, with the winds particularly good; and the entire opera was done with real spirit and good humor. "Don Giovanni" and "Idomenco" are next on the list in this Mozartean year; Mr. Goldovsky's treatment of their more difficult problems is awaited with interest and confidence. J.A.L
...musical excellence of Goldovsky's effort also suffered somewhat from the mediocrity of several of his singers. Robert Gay and Francis Barnard in the leading male roles of the Count and Figaro, respectively, lacked both the force and training essential to good Mozartean baritones. Luigi Vellucci, however, surprised with superb performances in two roles, the comic ones of Basilio and Curzio...
Beethoven: Quintet in C Major (Budapest String Quartet with Milton Katims, viola; Columbia, 8 sides). A Mozartean caprice by a young (31) and untroubled Beethoven. Performance: good...
...themselves as Albanians, and winning the girls handily. The New Opera acted as if its efforts with this situation were funny, and as if 18th-Century gags in Italian were comprehensible to Broadway. But the singers, only one of whom was over 40, voiced their airs and ensembles with Mozartean freshness and purity. Only one had big-time stage experience-Ina Souez, who was born Ina Rains in Denver, and had sung in Cosi jan tutte in Glyndebourne, England, where costly and flawless Mozart performances were given before...