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Other maestros may prepare for a major performance by going over the score in solitude. Not Austria's white-maned Conductor Herbert von Karajan, 63-flyer, skier, yachtsman and fast-car buff. A few hours before the première of a Karajan-produced, Karajan-directed, Karajan-conducted Fidelio at Salzburg's Easter festival, he climbed into his souped-up Ford GT 40 and took on a twisting mountain road at speed. When he whined around a curve to face a juggernaut diesel on the wrong side of the road, Karajan took evasive action, turned the Ford over...
Recently in Melbourne, Miss Goolagong pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year by defeating the world's première woman tennis player, Mrs. Margaret Court, 7-6, 7-6, for the Victorian Women's Singles title. Evonne then went on to whip Betty Stove of The Netherlands 6-1, 6-4, for the New Zealand championship. With Mrs. Court retiring after this season, Evonne has blossomed as the prime pretender to her throne. Mrs. Court herself said, "I think, at last, I have found an Australian to take my place...
...première of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, Coventry, England...
...première of Polish Composer Krzysztof Penderecki's Si. Luke Passion, Germany...
...première of Italian Composer Luciano Berio's Sinfonia, New York, 1968. Popular...