Word: sopranos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first scene everything went well. The soprano does not appear in that scene. Walska appeared, radiantly beautiful, in the second scene. Her voice was thin and nervous. The great aria, caro nome, came, prodigious in its demands upon the strength, purity and agility of the upper soprano voice. Walska's voice faltered badly. At the final top note she emitted a series of faint squeaks and there was silence-no tone came. The audience began to laugh. The fiasco was ghastly. Then, as throughout the rest of the opera, it was evident that Walska's top tones were...
...time a well known opera tenor. He committed a crime, the nature of which is not revealed, and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. To the jail in which he was incarcerated came a soprano of prominence to give a recital for the prisoners. No. 562 volunteered to join her in a duet. She sang with him, and was astonished at the power and beauty of his voice. He told her something of his history, but kept his name from her. Now he is free, and has embarked upon a recital career. But still he keeps his true identity...
...March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn 2. Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner 3. Fantasia, "La Gioconda" Ponchielli 4. Radcliffe Choral Society a. Just on the Other Side b. Cherry Ribbon c. The Annex Song 5. Ballet Suite, "Sylvia" Delibez 6. Intermezzo from "William Ratcliff" Mascagni 7. Soprano solo, "Un bel di" from "Madame Butterfly" (Mrs. Littlefield) Puccini 8. Roumanian Rhapsody Enesco 9. Selection, "Orange Blossoms" Herbert 10. Radcliffe Choral Society a. The Heathen Song b. China Lady c. Radcliffe Hymn 11. Waltz, "Artist's Life" Strause 12. Hungarian Dance No. 5 Brahma
...women singers from the National Cash Register Company, with 48 professional vocalists to chant t he solo parts so that the quartettes were themselves fair sized choruses-that began Cincinnati's homage to Apollo for 1923. It was prodigious-for mere magnitude. Imagine a dozen soprano voices singing a trill in unison, as they did. The performance was very good, and received universal praise. It deserved...
...will appear in its ninth Cambridge concert of the year tonight at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. The orchestra, under the leadership of its director, M. Pierre Monteux, will play Tschaikowsky's Sixth Symphony, "Pathetique", in B minor, as the principal piece on its program. Miss Emma Roberts, soprano, will be the soloist...