Word: ruhrseitz
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Soprano Fleischer had had a disagreement with Festival Conductor Albert Stoessel at a morning rehearsal. She had objected to the local accompanist provided for her, asked to have summoned from Manhattan little Kurt Ruhrseitz, her coach at the Metropolitan Opera House. Pianist Ruhrseitz arrived but by performance time Soprano Fleischer was missing. Festival directors searched widely for her, finally attributed her disappearance to temperament, proceeded with the concert without her. The directors should have known better. If Soprano Fleischer has flights of "temperament" she never shows them. After the concert she was discovered ia her hotel room (she had engaged...
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