Word: singed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PUCCINI: TOSCA (2 LPs; London). Birgit Nilsson's voice is purest gold, and it takes men of equal quality to sing against her. She has found ideal antagonists in this recording: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Tosca's brutally intelligent tormentor and Franco Corelli as her devoted lover are almost overwhelming in their dynamic and masculine artistry. Yet Birgit summons all the fire in her Swedish soul and emulates, if not exactly incarnates, the Latin passions of Tosca, daring anyone to typecast her as merely a Wagnerian soprano. With Conductor Lorin Maazel whipping his orchestra along in unrelenting fury...
...volunteers-ranging from rabbis to S.N.C.C. Leader H. Rap Brown to an assortment of eager but inexperienced parents-tried to keep classes going, but they served as little more than baby sitters. At P.S. 146, Assistant Principal Royce Phillips even picked up a guitar, led pupils in a sing-along session...
...Sing Sing Alumni. Credit for creating the organization goes to A. L. Jagoe, a Washington insurance executive and longtime volunteer in social work. He explains that the plan was blueprinted by borrowing ideas: "A little from the Boy Scouts, a little from Alcoholics Anonymous, and a little from fraternity life." Jagoe got solid advice from several ex-cons during Bonabond's drawing-board stage; once launched, the organization was turned over to them...
Conductors lead audiences as well as their bands, local trumpeters still get the spotlight for tremulous solos, people still sing along on Let Me Call You Sweetheart, and somebody is bound to give the bandleader a chance...
...that point, this Chinese film becomes suddenly and inscrutably Oriental. Gongs ring! Girls sing! Emperor excited! Girl delighted...