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Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Die Meistersinger, with Wegner, Hopf, Schoeffler, Pechner...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Elektra, with Varnay, Hoengen, Svanholm, Wegner, Schoeffler...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Fidelio, with Flagstad, Svanholm, Schoeffler...
Conductor Reiner's tempos were fast enough, but even so, it was a Don done in slow motion. Roberta had to take her first note against a Don (Baritone Paul Schoeffler) singing off-key; she hit it on the nose. Acting with confidence and pinpointing her coloratura targets in a clear, clean little voice, Roberta managed to win the biggest hand of the evening...
Since the war, Vienna's State Opera has been the touring company of Europe. The U.S. has heard and applauded some of its stars, e.g., Soprano Ljuba Welitch and Baritone Paul Schoeffler. Now the company would like to show the U.S. all of its wares. Veteran Importer Sol Hurok is negotiating, but it looks as if the U.S. might still have to wait a while. Neither Hurok nor the Austrians are yet prepared to ship over an orchestra (the Vienna Philharmonic) of 113, a chorus of 106, singing principals, sets and chief stage hands...