Word: octavians
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...King Ahasuerus and Esther or of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Charles' illustrious forebear, the Emperor Charlemagne, is in the small panel at the upper right, labeled "Karlus." In the large lower right-hand panel, the artist has illustrated a popular medieval legend. He shows Emperor Octavian asking the Tiburtine sibyl whether any king as great as he would ever live; the sibyl replies by showing the Emperor a vision of the Christ Child...
British officialdom believes that Molotov will be the Lepidus to Malenkov's Antony and Beria's Octavian. "It's as though he has been thrown across the gap between the old and the new regime, like a Bailey bridge. While Molotov's got a use, they'll use him. But once they've got their feet firmly planted on the other bank, the bridge will be discarded...
...with Trills. The test could hardly have pleased Lincoln Kirstein more. Mezzo-Soprano Bible, whose best roles heretofore have been a couple of light-hearted male impersonations (Cherubino in Figaro, Octavian in Rosertkavalier), never looked prettier. She trilled out her coloratura passages like a flute, and also shook the rafters with a few stunning fortissimos. Baritone George Gaynes, who is Rosalind Russell's leading man in Broadway's Wonderful Town, took a night off to play the part of the prince's scene-stealing valet, and indulge in some jaunty clowning. Biggest joke of all was John...
...most famous: Tosca, Salome, Octavian in Dcr Rosenkavalier, and the title role of Turandot, which Puccini worked on at Jeritza's house in Vienna...
Strauss: Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier (Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Irmgard Seefried, sopranos; Dagmar Hermann, contralto; Ludwig Weber, bass; with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Ackermann conducting; Columbia 2 sides LP). For the Vienna company, singing Der Rosenkavalier is a matter of doing what comes naturally. Outstanding: Soprano Seefried's Octavian in the second-act love duet with Sophie (Soprano Schwarzkopf). Recording: good...