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Despite this preparation, many a huchen fisherman goes for years without a catch (Austria's Rudolf Hartleib, the man who wrote a book on the art, averages barely more than two a year). Last week, as they completed another season of frigid frustration on the banks of the Loisach and Wertach, the fishermen could take cold comfort from the hope that their misery might some day have company. European experts are certain that the huchen, a landlocked member of the salmon family, would thrive in the unpolluted streams of the western U.S., if the U.S. ever decides to expose...
...Voice Stopped. Tenor Tucker, who had been standing in the wings joking with General Manager Rudolf Bing and Warren's wife Agatha, had just commented, "What a glorious voice!" when the voice stopped, and he turned to see Warren on the floor. He ran onstage as the curtain fell, crying "Lennie, Lennie, what is it? Get back to yourself!" While Baritone Osie Hawkins attempted mouth-to-mouth respiration, the Met's house physician sent for oxygen from the first-aid room...
...piano soloist with Reiner's Chicago Symphony was Rudolf Serkin, who virtually alone among major pianists will attempt Bartok's fiendishly difficult work (at the premiere, recalls Reiner, Bartok himself made several mistakes). In preparation for the concerto, Reiner put his orchestra through five long rehearsals, three of them with Serkin...
...married to Tenor Lamberto Belleri, also a longtime member of the Met chorus until his death in 1945) has appeared in more than 100 different operas, often in as many as eight performances a week. And she has witnessed three management changes - Giulio Gatti-Casazza, Edward Johnson and Rudolf Bing...
...voyage Wagner conceived his opera The Flying Dutchman, which was never popular in Wagner's own lifetime, has met with varying luck ever since. Last week, after an absence of nine years, it appeared on the stage of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House-and provided General Manager Rudolf Bing with one of the surprise hits of the season...