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Evidently the whims of interpreters have been mirrored in the printed scores, and Toscanini's lifelong struggle for accurate texts, now supported by Stravinsky, Walter, Serafin, Monteux, Gui and many others, will be much advanced not only by your article but by the response of your readers...
Anna Moffo Arias (Rome Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Tullio Serafin; RCA Victor). One of the youngest (25) and most gifted of the new generation of home-grown U.S. divas visits some familiar operatic landmarks, examining them with taste, agility and dramatic flair. The voice-silvery in the upper registers, amber in the lower-has rarely sounded surer...
...wealthy burgher Ford. In the second act Ford sang his famous monologue E sogne? a realta? and shortly made his exit. As the orchestra launched into the music of the act's second scene, the audience began chanting an unfamiliar name: "Tibbett! Tibbett! Tib-bett!" Conductor Tullio Serafin waved his orchestra to silence and through the gold curtain stepped a slim young man with a putty-shaped nose to acknowledge an ovation that stopped the opera for 20 minutes...
...Take Three," called Coyle. "On Three," echoed Technical Director Walter Serafin into his private line to the cameramen, and he punched a button that put Camera Three on the air. It showed a side view of Crandall in the batter's box, with catcher and umpire behind...
Professionally, Callas is just as ruthless. This year she broke with the maestro who helped her first and most, Conductor Serafin. Her complaint: he recorded Traviata with another soprano. Her decision automatically eliminates Serafin from his old job as conductor for her opera recordings and the old man is finding that other singers are now mysteriously unable to sing under him. Says he: "She is like a devil with evil instincts." Says La Callas: "I understand hate; I respect revenge. You have to defend yourself. You have to be strong, very, very strong. That's what makes you have...