Word: singed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard group will sing a medley of Gilbert and Sullivan songs and will be the chorus for the one-act musical, "Trial by Jury...
...birthday dinner to celebrate every member's birthday during that month. Freshmen wear beanies during the first days of classes. Tree Day officially establishes the Class and its song; it used to be insured by Lloyd's of London against rain. The classes march behind their banners and sing their songs on the chapel steps for Step Singing. Wellesley seniors roll large wooden hoops at graduation that have been passed down from class to class for fifty years or more. There is sophomore Fathers' Day, when the fathers attend classes and give skits in the dorm. Tuesday is faculty night...
...elimination of these solos was all the more puzzling because the soloists did begin to sing in "Ich bin ein guter Hirt." Marsha Vleck, soprano; Jane Struss, contralto; Karl Dan Sorensen, tenor, and Francis Hester, bass, all sang clearly and sensitively, and, like the chorus, without any heaviness or pretension. Sorensen was especially fine, floating without apparent effort over long lines almost continuously in his highest register. Hester was stronger in "Ihr Menschen" than in "Ich bin ein guter Hirt," in which there were moments when he was almost covered by the orchestra. Penelope Ann Colwell and Cynthia Weinrich...
...made his first farewell bow to the boards some 40 years ago in Pekin, Ill., after he had starred in and married the leading lady of a local theatrical. In Pekin, he also co-authored and directed a two-act comedy called Chinese Love, which tells of Sing Loo's pursuit of the blossom of his eye, Pan Toy. Sample dialogue: Sing Loo: Do you know what the lover expects from his love in that golden moment when they are betrothed? Pan Toy: I do not know. Sing Loo: Shall I show you? Pan Toy: Is it dangerous...
Grand opera's grand old man has been exercising his vocal cords only as a lecturer since his retirement in 1950. But when former Metropolitan Opera Tenor Giovanni Martinelli, 81, arrived in Seattle, the head of the Seattle Opera persuaded him to sing some of the old songs again, playing in Puccini's Turandot. In his younger days, Martinelli portrayed the swain Calaf, but now, costumed like a mandarin Lear, he sang the aged emperor. He was still in good voice, and the audience gave him two standing ovations. Was he satisfied with his performance? Of course...