Word: podiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gripped the podium tightly, his features uncustomarily taut. He was forceful and self-assured. Yet his knowledge of the specifics of government did not seem markedly superior to Carter's. Carter would seem to have greater potential but be a greater risk. Ford would seem to be safer but less exciting...
Hand Cranks. Finally, the Count's aria ended. Solti scurried to the conductor's dressing room. It was an opportune moment to abandon the podium, because the opera had moved into a recitative section. Thus while Figaro was discovering that he was the long-lost son of two people he could live without, Solti was holding cold compresses to his head. Like the seasoned pros they are, the members of the orchestra began the subsequent sextet by themselves. His arms beating as he ascended into view, Solti returned to his place. His wound turned out to be minor...
...opened with Macbeth, considered one of its best new productions. Typically, the company offered a cast of Italian and non-Italian singers, notably Italy's Piero Cappuccilli as Macbeth, the U.S.'s Shirley Verrett as Lady Macbeth and Bulgaria's Nicolai Ghiaurov as Banquo. On the podium was Claudio Abbado, the company's 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...
...Angeles County were stunned this July when they were hit with reassessments ranging up to 100%. The Angelenos rebelled. They staged protests, bombarded the county tax assessor with nearly 20,000 appeals and at a recent forum hooted Mayor Tom Bradley and other politicians right off the podium. Getting the thunderous message, the California state legislature empowered the Los Angeles County board of supervisors to reopen hearings on the budget...
...century Methodist church in London's East End, but it has excellent acoustics and is sometimes used for recording sessions. Concertmaster Sidney Sax gave the signal for the orchestra to tune up. Then, from a double door, the frail, stooped figure began a slow walk to the podium, his right hand gripping a sturdy cane, his left on the shoulder of an associate. Carefully, the old man settled into his tall chair. At age 94, Conductor Leopold Stokowski was ready last week to cut another record...