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...story is a natural for opera, set by the composer in a style that can only be called Egk-clectic. The blues, dashes of Strauss and Puccini, an occasional roll of voodoo drums-all these are woven into a skillful pastiche. If hardly innovative, it is easy to listen to and, at key moments, appropriately bravura. Never mind such questions as why Egk chose the blues to evoke a Caribbean mood, instead of a music more indigenous to the West Indies. Music Director Igor Buketoff led a crisp, idiomatic performance that drew the most from Egk's acrobatic orchestral...
...Democratic side, Party Chairman Robert S. Strauss said: "I've seen just about everything. But this reading of these tapes has upset me more than anything else in my life. I told my wife over the third martini last night, I'm embarrassed to have our kids read this and think it's part of the life I'm in." Democratic Congressman Morris K. Udall of Arizona made a pitch for politicians in general, saying: "They deserve better than to be branded with the cynical iron that has marked the burglars, buggers and influence peddlers of this Administration...
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Chorus, Glee Club Strauss: Die Tageszeiten: Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces; Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger. Tickets: $2. Friday, April...
...result of these Democratic successes, Strauss has advised candidates to harden their attacks on President Nixon for "lack of leadership, inflation, unemployment-everything." These criticisms, of course, carry the hard-line message that the U.S.'s real problem is a President crippled by Watergate, and that the nation would be better off if Nixon left office, whether by resignation or impeachment...
...other hand, Strauss has given strict orders that not a single reference to the possibility of impeachment be made on a national fund-raising telethon for the Democrats scheduled for June 30. Figuring that the House might well be near (or just beyond) an impeachment vote at that point, Strauss says: "It would be bad politics to talk about impeachment when the House may be ready for a vote." Presumably, Strauss is concerned that open talk about impeachment by the opposition party would be considered in bad taste, and might create a sympathy backlash for Republican candidates...