Word: proserpinas
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Argentina's foremost composer, Juan José Castro,* 57, had reason to believe he would fare pretty well. A panel of distinguished judges, including Stravinsky, Honegger and La Scala's principal conductor, Victor de Sabata, had picked his Proserpina and the Stranger over 137 other entries (16 from the U.S.) in La Scala's international contest for the best three-act opera. A philosophical soul, Castro was surprised but not overwhelmed at winning the contest. Said he: "I am always prepared for things not to go well. For me, submitting the opera was like playing the lottery...
...began his dramatic career during his undergraduate days at Harvard, when his "Proserpina" was presented as the Hasty Pudding Club show...
...Club previously planned this year to revive one of its former productions, either "Proserpina", produced in 1895, or "Branglebunk--A Weary Wanderer's Woeful Wooing" of 1896, but these were judged too difficult for the present facilities of the Club...
...reason for the change was that the two operettas under consideration "Proserpina", produced in 1895 and "Branglebunk--A Weary Wanderers Woeful Wooing" of 1896, were judged too difficult for the present facilities of the club...
...play to be revived will be either "Proserpina" the show of 1895, written by Winthrop Ames '95 with music by D. G. Mason '95, or the 1896 play, entitled "Branglebrunk--a Weary Wanderer's Woeful Wooing," by R. M. Townsend '96 and F. B. Whittemore '96, with music by J. A. Carpenter...