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Bill Kinkaid himself thinks that if he has a secret, it must have to do with breath control. A lean, athletic man, he works out on a chinning bar and punching bag in his apartment, finds that his control is always best after a summer of swimming. In his youth...
"I think, 'Here is our audience, right down here.' " Born Gretl Maerkl in Bavaria, Singer Belleri was signed for the Met in the summer of 1910, while she was still a Munich schoolgirl. When she reported for duty that fall, she was, at 16, the youngest chorus member...
Although Tristan posed difficulties in casting, the Metropolitan was able to find a brilliant Brangaene. This smaller role is a key one, long and taxing, which requires a strong mezzo soprano, especially for the difficult solos in the second act. When the Isolde is as good as Nilsson, though, the...
The Soft Sell (Paul Horn, woodwinds; Tommy Loy, French horn; Jimmy Rowles, piano; Shelly Manne, drums; Don Bagley, bass; Dot). A suave and discreet group worries through wistful laments such as Paul's Blues and upbeat numbers such as It's Cooler Inside. Pianist Rowles's feathery...
"Warm Wind." Here and there, a paper abandoned objectivity, but generally with such heavy-handed scorn as to be self-defeating. The New York Daily News larded its stories so lavishly with sarcasm ("The Deputy Premier showed a capitalistic-type interest in Macy's varied wares-and didn'...