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...home; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Buenos Aires. During his long exile, Castro led orchestras from Melbourne to Belgrade, brought his lean, thoroughly modern style to numerous Latin-flavored works, most notably the opera Proserpina and the Stranger, which premiered to a tumultuous ovation at Milan's La Scala...
...seemed to be a compendium of everything that is unreal and artificial about the art. As danced by Ballet Theater, this 19th century classic had a touch more of naturalism than never-never; the lead roles were performed with relaxed grace by Carla Fracci, on loan from the La Scala Opera Ballet, and Denmark's Erik Bruhn, still the supreme stylist among the world's male dancers...
...FESTIVAL. "The Life and Times of John Huston, Esquire" portrays Huston directing his recent film Reflections in a Golden Eye, acting with David Niven in 1967's Casino Royale, directing his first opera at Milan's La Scala Opera House, and relaxing in his Irish castle...
...also offers a powerful intellect honed on studies in Freudian psychiatry and art history as well as music. And he employs a classroom method-unorthodox, strict and demanding-that has produced such successful practitioners as Los Angeles' Zubin Mehta, Madrid's André Vandernoot and La Scala's Claudio Abbado...
Died. Tullio Serafin, 89, Italian conductor of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera from 1924 to 1934; of a heart attack; in Rome. For half a century Serafin conducted at Milan's La Scala, the Met, London's Covent Garden, and Paris' Opéra. A great interpreter of Verdi and Puccini, he also championed such U.S. composers as Deems Taylor and Louis Gruenberg...