Word: strausses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...born Metropolitan Opera and concert soprano; of cancer; in Berlin. Famed for her repertory of about 70 roles, her command of lieder and her virtuosity (G-sharp above high C), Mme. Hempel was offered her choice of any of the three female leads in Der Rosenkavalier by Composer Richard Strauss, created the role of the Marschallin in the 1911 premiére in Berlin...
Leverett jumped off to a quick start on Tuesday in the Strauss Trophy competition. The Bunnies defeated Dudley in soccer, 2 to 1, and romped over Adams in touch football with a 52-6 victory. Jack Canning, Paul Rosenthal, Nobi Smith, and Bob Storey led the scoring in the second game...
...Lehar's The Merry Widow-on records. But, except for scattered concerts, they have not heard her in person. This season, the San Francisco Opera gave her a chance to show off not only her brilliant singing but also her remarkable acting. Her roles: the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier and Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Her score: bull's-eyes in both roles...
...Screams. Paumgartner himself has been a Salzburg institution for 40 years. In the 20's he teamed up with Max Reinhardt, Richard Strauss and Poet-Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal to start the Salzburg Festival. As recording boss Paumgartner showed his capacity for speed as well as scholarship, as he shuttled between his Mozarteum office and the huge reception hall of the 18th 'century Klessheim Castle, where he finds the acoustics ideal for recording. There, wearing black corduroys and sleeveless sweater, he leads his performers through six hours of recording daily. His energy is matched only by his resourcefulness...
Vienna Holiday (Michel Legrand and his orchestra; Columbia LP). The eerie shimmer of the opening bars sounds like trance music in the movies, gives a hint of the nightmare to follow: tricky "improvements" on Strauss waltzes and other Viennese music. French Conductor Legrand painfully paralyzes the originals' lilting three-quarter time till the music sounds every bit as insipid as French popular music itself. A major atrocity that should cause Vienna to break diplomatic relations with Paris...