Word: rossini
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such neglected modern masterpieces as Berg's Wozzeck and Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges, last week did a turnabout. It wet its thumb, leafed back through the decades, and uncovered a neglected oldtimer that had not been heard in Manhattan since the days of Andrew Jackson: Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella). It left the opening-night audience whooping with delight...
...story came across clearly: poor-but-beautiful Cinderella (Frances Bible) falls in love with the prince-in-disguise (Riccardo Manning), who marries her because he knows she loves him for himself, not just for his title. Gioacchino Rossini and his librettist left out all references to fairy godmothers, pumpkins and glass slippers. But Rossini filled his work with a cloudburst of pretty tunes whose lightning changes of mood had a magical charm of their...
...curtain parted on Rossini's frisky operatic romp, An Italian Lady in Algiers, and the crowd saw Coloratura Dobbs, cast as the dusky charmer Elvira, in stage center, surrounded by sumptuously costumed Algerian nobles. Her part had no arias, but her bright, sure voice led sweetly and gracefully a series of swiftly paced quartets, quintets and sextets. When it was all over, she got a round of warmhearted applause that was echoed next day by the press...
...Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Victoria de los Angeles, Nicola Monti, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; Milan Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Tullio Serafin; Victor, 3 LPs). A fine performance and elegant recorded sound make this the first fully satisfactory LP of The Barber. De los Angeles' voice, while not so flexible as Pons's in her heyday, is brilliant and accurate in coloratura passages. Monti is a lyrical and affecting tenor, and Rossi-Lemeni's bass is almost too sumptuous for his tomfoolery as Basilio...
...Lions opened fast and led the Crimson, 19 to 10, after the first ten minutes. In the second quarter, the home team scored 14 straight points in one spurt and ran ahead, 45 to 20, at the half. After that Columbia Coach Lou Rossini substituted freely, using 18 men in a three-and-a-half platoon setup. The Crimson finally outscored Columbia, 18 to 17, in the fourth period...