Word: puccini
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...knotty that he propped the score up before him in San Francisco's opera house. Of one movement, a furious crossfire between piano and violin, Szigeti said: "It is the ugliest thing going. It is terrific." After that came a third movement as lyrical as something out of Puccini, followed by a fast, gay finale...
...with the RCA-Victor Orchestra, Jean Paul Morel and Erich Leinsdorf conducting; Victor, 4 sides). Peerce and Warren too often sing vocal duels instead of duets. The album includes Solenne in Quest' Ora from Verdi's La Forza del Destino and Ah, Mimi, Tu Più from Puccini's La Bohème. Recording: good...
Menotti: Sebastian Ballet Suite (Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). Delightful, polished, contemporary ballet music, with plenty of Puccini-like melody. Performance: excellent...
...conduct opera as he once did in Europe, saw The Rape in rehearsal and went away excited. Said he: "The whole thing is very thrilling, full of new ideas. Britten has a very original language, which you can't compare to anything. Menotti you could say sounds like Puccini, but Britten is just Britten...
...Puccini was no stranger to Broadway. He borrowed from Belasco plays for Madama Butterfly and The Girl of the Golden West...