Word: tenore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...what his fine Italian hand had done to the recent Broadway flop, The Lady of the Camellias, he went into positive paroxysms of production. And when the curtain rose on each new scene of his masterpiece, the astonished audience forgot the forlorn presence of Soprano Leontyne Price and Tenor Carlo Bergonzi to shout "Stupendo! Bravo, Franco...
...tenor sang in a voice harsh from top to bottom, unsure of every transition from mezza voice to full voice and, by the end of the evening, badly hoarse. On every note he worked audibly to stay in tune, but for all his trouble he was consistently flat; occasional sounds had no pitch at all. In the simplest pieces he was mildly affecting, but whatever he thought should be grandiose was rendered with grunts, gasps, bodily jerks, and fierce glances that are even sillier in recital than they are on stage...
...solos in the oratorio excellently. The women, Junetta Jones and Janet Winburn, sopranos, and Betty Lou Austin, alto, had strong, vibrant voices. The men, all from the Glee Club, equalled them: Robert McKelvey, Clayne Robison, basses, made "The Lord is a Man of War" very convincing; Ivor Francis, tenor, was weak in his upper register, but contributed fluid recitatives and good airs. The orchestra was fine but not overly distinguished...
...general tenor of play was ragged, but experience could give the Crimson the consistency and finesse it now sorely lacks...
Provocative Fact. The eleven played a difficult repertory that tested all their talents-the overture of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Chopin's Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, a recitative and duet for tenor and soprano from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Then, as a harrowing surprise treat, each was given the score to Tadeusz Baird's Czetry Eseje-a contemporary work none of them had seen before-and told to be on the podium in four minutes, ready to conduct. Six survived. Said Chief Judge Bernstein darkly: ''One provocative fact: there...