Word: sopranos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...laryngectomees themselves, especially those who were voice-conscious before they had cancer. And among the many at Memphis, the teacher with the best record was a slight, bright-eyed grandmother of nine from Newton, Mass., Mary Doehler, 71, widow of a chain-store executive, had been an aspiring soprano in her youth and had taught children with speech problems...
Praise from Scholars. The effect on Speeth's troubled youngsters has been momentous. One little girl, n, whose 14-year-old brother is already a father, has blossomed into a promising soprano. A boy of eleven, whose father tied one of the boy's brothers to a chair and beat him to death, is busily learning the child-prince role in the summer's last production. Arthur Purnell, n, used to be classified as "retarded" because, says Speeth, "he gives funny answers to people he doesn't like." The same boy's diction...
Wagnerians received their first big jolt at the end of Act I, when Isolde (Soprano Birgit Nilsson) and Tristan (Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen) embraced in full view of King Marke, who usually does not appear -or suspect the illicit love-until the end of Act II. The second act, like all the others, was provided with looming, symbolical sets, dominated by a huge shaft ("Of course, I meant it as a phallic symbol," snapped Wieland. "This is what the entire opera is all about, isn't it?"). The enthusiastic opening night crowd gave the reconstructed Tristan an unprecedented 30 curtain...
...selections from the work of Ralph Vaughan Williams opened the program. With Miss Jacqueline Goodspeed as soprano soloist, the Chorus performed Williams' "O Taste and See," a setting of Verse 8 of the 34th Psalm. The general effect was pleasing; and even better things were soon to come. Regardless of whatever else it can do, a group as large as the Chorus ought to be able to sing with power. And the Summer Chorus, with its stops let out, was overwhelming. The second of the opening compositions, "O Clap Your Hands," proved this beyond a shadow of doubt. Scored...
Boothbay Harbor, Me., Playhouse: Early lonesco: The Bald Soprano and The Lesson...