Word: ops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...orchestra pit of any opera house is best heard from, not seen. That was not the case last week, as the Paris Opéra opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House and Milan's La Scala moved into Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center. It was the first visit to the U.S. for both the storied companies, and in both pits there was unexpected drama on opening night...
...Georg Solti, the Paris Opéra's principal guest conductor, led Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. A light had been glaring in his eyes all evening and, leaning away to avoid it, he had already broken two batons. Then, early on in Act III, he stabbed himself in the temple with the point of his third baton. Blood poured down into his right eye, dripping onto the score and music desk. Onstage, Count Almaviva was alone, plotting revenge against his uppity manservant, Figaro. Solti went on beating time with his right hand and sopping...
...former music director who, at 43, is a conductor of international stature. The production was conceived and staged by Italy's Giorgio Strehler (see box). For Strehler, it was one of three moments in the spotlight. His staging of Figaro was the first hit of the Paris Opéra's run in New York. This week La Scala will introduce his production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra...
...Mozambique. More than 300 Africans were killed according to Salisbury sources quoted by The Times; this, in retaliation for a mortar attack on an army camp where four Rhodesian troops died. Following that story, in which not one Mozambican or guerrilla source was quoted, a piece appeared on the op-ed page, extolling the virtues of white-run Rhodesia and claiming that the nation is as free a state as one can find in Africa. The only mystery about this article is not why The Times ran it, but what is the real name of the author of this pile...
...know what to think about this, but I've heard that next week The Times will run an op-ed piece by Gerald L. K. Smith saying Jews aren't human beings and will follow this with an editorial insisting that they...