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Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Soprano Gladys Swarthout...
Treasury Department Bond Drive (Mon. 10 p.m., NBCTV; 10:30 p.m., all radio networks). Guests: President Truman, Gladys Swarthout, Bob Hope, Gary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Jerry Colonna...
...Gladys Swarthout's fiery Carmen was played without the exaggerated gestures common to the Met's gigantic stage; Tenor Robert Rounseville brought a matinée idol's profile to Don José, but obviously had to work hard to restrain the grimaces that ordinarily go with a big voice. Like all the others, Baritone Robert Merrill as Escamillo had to unlearn one of the cardinal rules of opera-taking musical cues from the orchestra leader. The singers set the musical pace of the show because, roaming their nine sets, they were sometimes 200 feet from...
...begun, as a matter of fact, on a sour note. Critics agreed that the opening production of Carmen, with Mezzo-Soprano Gladys Swarthout and Tenor Ramon Vinay, was an unduly damp and dismal affair, even though it rained that night. But the second night's show was Giordano's Andrea Chenier, which had not had a major U.S. production for 16 years, and it was something to talk about...
...Symphony (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Gladys Swarthout in songs from South Pacific and Carmen...