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...challenge presented by concerts of unfamiliar music would be too much for a group limited to one House. Healthy fractions of the Glee Club, the Pierian Sodality, and the Radcliffe Choral Society have been used in most of the large concerts. For "The Gypsy Baron," the Society imported Polyna Stoska from the Met. "The Gypsy Baron" was the organization's most ambitious production, and its most serious setback...
...failure of "The Gypsy Baron" was attributed largely to Harvard's indifference to opera in general and Strauss in particular. But the failure was due not only to community apathy to the unsophisticated Strauss; it was also due to an attempt at lavish production which had only unpolished results. Polyna Stoska did not draw her money's worth. "The Gypsy Baron" was fun, but it was still the Adams House Musical Society, this time all dressed...
...soloists are uniformly good. Polyna Stoska of the Metropolitan Opera gave a rich voice and the appropriate gypsy-like gestures to the part of the Magyar princess. Raymond Smolover is almost as effective in the title role. Walter Aikman and Frederic Gwynne are both outstanding; Aikman for his perfect diction and gestures as "the swine king," and Gwynne for his witty characterization of the country lawyer, replete with lifted eyebrows and sly smile. Gwynne's facial antics keep the audience's attention for several scenes, and his sole in "Ninana" is delightful, despite his untrained voice...
...people that this cast will be supporting on the November 16 opening are Polyna Stoska, the first Metropolitan Opera singer to step before undergraduate footlights at Harvard, and Tanglewood tenor Raymond Smolover...
Metropolitan Opera soprano Polyna Stoska will sing the leading role. Miss Stoska was the star of Kurt Well's Broadway musical, "Street Scene." Tener Raymond Smolover of the Tanglewood Opera Company will take the male lead. The society's William P. Perry '51 will direct the orchestra and chorus...