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Fanciers of Johann Sebastian Bach are a disputatious lot given to occult probings into the spirit of the Master. Some like their Bach feathery and ice-edged; some like him broad and deliberate. The undisputed queen of the "broad" Bach school is Chicago-born Pianist Rosalyn Tureck, who for the past five years has been building an impressive reputation in Europe's concert halls (TIME, July 29, 1957). Last week the New York Philharmonic provided J.S.B.'s Manhattan fans with a rare treat: an all-Bach program at which Pianist Tureck appeared as the first female conductor...
With a midnight knock at the door, Francisco Franco's security police struck in cities and towns. In San Sebastian and Madrid, Barcelona and Granada, hurriedly dressed men were hustled into squad cars and packed off to jail...
...Jussi Bjoerling as Radames, Italian Baritone Tito Gobbi as Amonasro. But the stage sets looked as though they had been resurrected from an early copy of the Victor Book of Operas: cluttered scenes with every temple, tower and palm frond rendered in tedious detail. And Paris Opera Conductor Georges Sebastian throttled the tempo to a crawl, once even goaded Tenor Bjoerling into striking out for several bars at a brisk clip all his own. The costumes matched the sets: an indeterminate sausage-roll garment for ample Soprano Rysanek, an orange-colored Raggedy Ann wig for Soprano Simionato. a short...
...didn't catch the last name when they introduced each other, but the boy's name was Sebbie--Sebastian, he guessed Having discharged the introductions, Vag became silent and Sebbie reflective...
ROBERT M. SEBASTIAN...