Word: opera
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Into Power. Peru's new strong man is short, pudgy, but light on his feet. He has a sharp nose, bright little eyes, receding hair. He plays chess, loves bullfights and opera, enjoys an occasional pisco but does not smoke. With his wife and two sons he lives in a modest house on the unfashionable side of Avenida Arequipa...
...Usually, when an opera company puts on Aïda, singers have to don blackface to play Aïda and her father Amonasro, King of the Ethiopians. Last week, for its first production of Verdi's masterpiece, Manhattan's City Opera Company didn't have to bother: there were two first-rate Negro singers in the company...
...paints her face to sing Madame Butterfly and La Bohéme) was a natural for Aïda. Amonasro was a newcomer. But by the time the curtain slid down last week on Aïda, 6 ft. Harlem Baritone Lawrence Winters, 32, had his first big-time opera audience, if not all the critics, cheering, too. His voice was fine, strong and ringing on top; and what he lacked in power, polish and poise should come with time...
Classes in opera appreciation will start at the Law School today under the auspices of the Harvard Law Wives...
...thighs, smelled newly-branded cow hide and chewed on coffee grounds in a pouring rain knows the West contains more than sights and sounds. Yet by using those two elements and much imagination, Howard Hawks has produced a realistic interpretation of the outdoors. Red River is not a horse-opera; it is a great saga of the West, made without contrivance and make-believe...