Word: podium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Actually it took five, but promptly at one o'clock Rudel was at the podium raising his baton-or, rather, a thin white knitting needle-to start the Carmen overture. His instructions to the orchestra were brief and to the point: "Trumpets, didn't you notice I slowed down?" Politely but firmly he told an overeager tenor: "Please don't cut off the baritone in mid-phrase." He remained unperturbed when a voice from backstage implored: "Wait, Julius, wait. Don José's costume has just fallen apart." The singer finally appeared onstage clutching uncertainly...
...effort to awake the citizenry to a shockingly neglected issue, environmentalists long cried out shrilly from any podium they could find. Now that they have succeeded in arousing the public conscience, the defense of the environment calls for a calmer and more constructive approach. That strategy has led increasing numbers of environmentalists to seek redress in the courts...
...style, craftsmanship and musical taste. Like his predecessor, Maazel is a strict constructionist who regards the printed score as his own personal bill of rights. He is capable of passion, but not at the expense of symmetry and the sturdy line. He is widely acknowledged as a supreme podium technician...
...managers on 57th Street like to call a bella voce theater. Its basic operating premise is that what counts is glorious singing. The only trouble is that no amount of fine vocalizing will make an opera like Otello or Wozzeck work without a steady, compelling baton on the podium. Yet it is difficult to get, let alone keep, good conductors in a house where singing stars have virtual veto power over their maestros. As a result, good conducting has been almost as elusive at the Met as good ballet...
...perfectionist, perpetually unsatisfied editor, Burnett was inarticulate on the podium but superb on paper. Armed with a stubby black pencil, his hands and shirt often smudged with lead, he worked over copy until it passed his tough standards. His staff sometimes called him Leo the Lion-and not always affectionately. "I've seen him throw away campaigns that a client had accepted just because he had come up with a better idea," says Leonard Matthews, the agency's president. Burnett championed the "Chicago School of Advertising," which abhors slick promotions. He once told his staff: "We want...