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Billy did not produce it. But with all his shelved ideas for speeding up the ponderous Met (TIME, Sept. 6), he could hardly have improved on Agnes de Mille's staging of The Rape of Lucretia or on John Piper's handsome sets, imported from Britten's Britain. Dark-eyed Kitty Carlisle looked ravishing as Lucretia and sang almost as well. George Tozzi (as Tarquinius) sang a fine baritone. As demanded, it was a quality operation, even if it fell short of being a quality opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Santa on Broadway | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...piper, in freshly pressed kilt and bubbling with solos, managed to play after last Saturday's game, although he had to do some last minute repair work on his bagpipes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Locates New Bagpiper, Presses Him into Kilts, Action | 11/2/1948 | See Source »

...California plant. The shortage temporarily takes some of the bloom off the Crosby deal. But Vacuum hopes to step up output enough to fill the new orders Crosby will bring in. And in the scramble for the new market, Vacuum figures that Crosby is just the Pied Piper needed to lure customers away from the old brand names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Minute Maid's Man | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Precaution. In Los Angeles, Ross E. Piper reported to police that the burglar who broke into his house had stolen nothing but the burglar alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 18, 1948 | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Well, the cover portrait of him is perfect. The Pied Piper motif-oh, drop dead! I'm one of the rats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 23, 1948 | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

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