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...spectacles like Prince Igor and Boris Godunov. Seated in a heavily guarded box, Stalin reveled in the gilt-and-rhinestone production numbers as he munched on hard-boiled eggs. He had no knowledge of music. Once at an intermission he summoned to his loge the distinguished Bolshoi conductor Samuil Samosud and told him strongly that the performance "is lacking flats." Samosud had the wit to reply: "Good, Comrade Stalin. Thank you for your comment. We will not fail to pay attention to that...
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater, conducted by S. A. Samosud; Colosseum, 8 sides LP). A complete recording of this melodious opera, reissued, boasts the manufacturer, from pirated Russian originals (TIME, Sept. 1). A good strong performance, with outstanding voices in virtually every role. Despite some shattering of tone in the choral passages, the recording is fairly good...
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