Word: simon
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Tread & Wine. In Seattle, pressed into emergency service to play the role of the Apostle Simon in a performance of the Passion Play, Automobile Dealer Joseph Gandy took advantage of a lull during the Last Supper to sell a Ford to the man playing James...
...ODYSSEY: A MODERN SEQUEL (824 pp.)-Nikos Kazantzakis, translated by Kimon Friar-Simon & Schuster...
...Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Victoria de los Angeles, Tito Gobbi. Giuseppe Cam-pora, Boris Christoff; Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Gabriele Santini; Capitol-EMI, 3 LPs). Verdi constructed his stately, somber-hued monument to paternal love and loyalty midway in his career, saw it fail at the box office and later agreed with the public that it was a "monotonous and cold'' work. Nevertheless, he returned to it after 25 years and extensively revised it. Not often performed, the revised Boccanegra is a fascinating melange of early Verdian flamboyance and late Verdian depth. In this...
...Mallano, Robert '60 G 6.0 206 Los Angeles, Calif. 66 Lynch, Paul '59 G 6.2 210 Brookline, Mass. 67 Wellemeyer, John '59 G 5.11 182 Skillman, N. J. 68 Porvaznik, Paul '61 G 6.0 205 Duquesne, Pa. 69 Wall, Donald '60 G 5.9 210 New Kinsington, Pa. 71 Simon, Clay '59 T 6.3 195 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 72 Ross, John '60 T 6.1 212 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 73 Williams, Lauren '59 T 6.2 210 Tarpon Springs, Fla. 74 Jones, Richard '61 T 6.1 212 Hasbrouck, N. J. 75 Olivar, Harry '60 T 6.4 223 Inglewood, Calif. 76 King, James...
...have come around to his view-point, but only in regard to comic opera. I still feel the advantages of doing tragedy in the original are unassailable. At any rate, Ory is being done in a colloquially up-to-date and often witty rhymed English translation by Robert A. Simon. And the diction of the singers is surprisingly good...