Word: rudy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stone deaf. That is, until she has that operation, "dangerously close to the brain." If, like Johanna, moviegoers could keep their ears closed and their eyes open, they might enjoy Salzburg, Rome, Capri and Anacapri in fetching color. And by letting Zsa Zsa be Zsa Zsa, Director Rudi (Dodsworth) Mate has managed to extract a jigger of humor from a magnum of slush. When Mario protests the presence of reporters at what was to be an intimate little party, Zsa Zsa says: "But dahr-link, deese are my most intimate friends - United Press, Associated Press, and Meester Reuter!" The Devil...
...other music-minded states that disagree with Bing's assertion that there is little American opera of importance outside New York. This week, with the location of Santa Fe firmly fixed in his mind-he accepted an invitation to join the Santa Fe Opera's advisory committee-Rudi Bing had to cope not only with the Met opening but with a nightmare that made the Santa Fe tiff look peaceful. See MUSIC, Diva Serena...
Waking or sleeping, diplomatic Rudi Bing would rather stage the whole Ring Cycle with a company of midgets than publicize a preference among his three dazzling prima donnas. For sheer beauty of voice, the prize might go to Milanov, who at 52 still offers many a superb performance. For excitement, versatility and dramatic power, the apple would easily go to Maria Callas. But for sustained excellence of singing, it would go to Renata Tebaldi...
Such fighting words propelled Bing into the kind of operatic hassle usually reserved for prima donnas. San Francisco's Vienna-born Kurt Herbert Adler tore into Vienna-born Rudi Bing, pointed out that the San Francisco company has welcomed such artists as Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Christoff, Siminonato, Valletti, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf and Rysanek for their U.S. debuts, can boast a list of U.S. premieres that puts the Met to shame. Last week San Francisco gave the first U.S. stage performances of two short works by German Composer Carl Orff-Die Kluge and Carmina Burana. Other noted San Francisco firsts: Walton...
...star cult that even the smallest little provincial city will take opera only if it has a star. I see no desire of the public in the country to build opera from young companies." What about Santa Fe, which has recently formed a successful summer opera company? "Where," said Rudi Bing, "is Santa Fe?" In a rare, ruffled moment, he added: "Perhaps I am too much of a European...