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Year Two of the Bing Regime at the Metropolitan Opera got off to a lively start. Most of the critics cheered the new sets and the Margaret Webster staging for opening night's Aïda. Traditionalist Olin Downes-of the New York Times found the spectacle side "far from either the nature of the drama or of Verdi's score." But the Timesman seemed to be an exception, and even he liked the singing. Moreover, whatever the critics thought, a glittering audience, 3,840 strong, had a fine time...
...stage business. Verdi's music did the rest. Brilliantly paced by Conductor Alberto Erede, and magnificently sung and acted by a pair of Americans who are fast becoming one of the finest teams in Met history, Leonard Warren (Rigoletto) and Richard Tucker (the Duke), Rigoletto had even Olin...
Finally, Murray would "shun the sweeping positive judgements" which Olin Downes of the Times "would tremble to make." One need look back no further than last Sunday to find a column by Downes that must have given him chorea, if not epilepay. But remember, Murray, that he who is only a timid fence sitter will get splinters in uncomfortable places. Caldwell Titcomb...
Earlier, the University submitted recommendations to a Congressional committee headed by Representative Olin E. Teague (D.-Texas), which is currently investigating abuses of the old G.I. bill. No action will be taken until after Congress hears the Teague report. Rankin said...
...Olin Downes...