Word: popp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Michael Popp, 62, Ike's Army tailor during World War II who, after the general complained about his bulky, hip-length officer's jacket, snipped out the natty, waist-length "Eisenhower jacket," which became the most popular bit of military wardrobe since the trench coat; of a heart attack; in Hamilton, Ohio...
...Xerxes, which begins with the famous aria Ombra mai fu, generally called Handel's Largo, a song of praise to a plane tree. The deep, dark, mellifluous voice of Alto Maureen Forrester as the Persian king is set off by the light, bright vocal acrobatics of Lucia Popp, a rising young Czech soprano. Brian Priestman is the conductor, using the Vienna Radio Orchestra and Chorus and an excellent harpsichord accompanist...