Word: superbness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...program's opening the Orchestra showed of what standards it was capable in a brilliant reading of Haydn's superb La Passione, the symphony No.49 in F minor. Never for a moment lacking in inspiration, the symphony is a product of Haydn's thirties, a tempestuous, tragic utterance that ought to give new ideas about this composer to those unfamiliar with his early work. Played with vigor and affecting lyricism, it was the sort of performance Mr. Manusevitch can, and hopefully will give us in the spring concert, which includes a contemporary work and a Handel harp concerto. The Orchestra...
...sure, this is all built on a very old foundation. But Juniper and the Pagans takes advantage of a fine and clever script by Patrick, a superb acting job by David Wayne, and a host of good supporting performances to transcend both a time-worn plotline and a hesitant first act.Juniper is delightful entertainment; coming on the heels of several notable Pre-Broadway fiascos, it provides a refreshing respite from mediocrity and banality...
Depending mostly on sophomores who are making the climb from last year's superb freshman team, Weiland reveled in his wealth of depth and talent. After a month's practice the team is in excellent shape, the only exception being left wing Tony Nicholas, out with a twisted knee...
...Julie Harris as Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House (NBC). In the semi-modern classic that for years was regarded as a ringing plea for woman's emancipation, she was superb as the child-wife who is treated as a mindless, soulless plaything by a priggish husband (Christopher Plummer). But while Actress Harris-kittenish, hectically gay and finally rebellious-could break out of Nora's plush Victorian prison, she could not wholly shake off the stilted language and obtrusive 19th century stagecraft which Adaptor James Costigan took over from Ibsen...
...shouldered, pink ball gown, she made the Violetta of Act I into a moving figure of feverishly hectic gaiety. As the opera progressed, the coquettish attitudes gave way gradually, until by the final act Violetta emerged as a woman of tragic stature. Throughout, the radiant, controlled voice lent a superb air of emotional conviction to the great arias...