Word: tenore
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This was the tenor of his campaign last week and will apparently be his line of attack during the last ten days of the campaign, when Stevenson, who has already traveled almost 30,000 miles and made about 100 speeches,* will make his final swing through the industrial East. Some time ago, Stevenson was asked just what kind of Democrat he was. His reply: " 'What kind of Democrat I am' makes me feel a little like the old lady who said she didn't know what she thought until she heard what she said...
...finds relaxation in ice skating, bridge and table tennis; he used to play baseball and now watches it on TV. He reads a good deal and will spend hours listening to classical music, including opera. He takes a modest pride in his own untrained tenor voice, and will sing duets with his wife at the drop of a suggestion. His boyhood ambition was to become a famous cantor...
Earl William's pudgy Nanki-Poo was the sole disappointment. His acting would be less embarrassing in a much poorer production, and his forceful tenor shows an occasional affection for jarring flats. Robert Rounseville, however, will sing the role this week...
...orchestra never sounded better. Serafin's sure hand brought out all of Puccini's colorful instrumentation, without drowning out the singers. Critics praised the conductor, but had a few reservations about the performance: Tenor David Poleri was still forcing his fine voice; Baritone Walter Cassel sang beautifully, but could not resist a few hammy moments as the villainous Scarpia; U.S. Soprano Anne McKnight, who has been singing in Italy as Anna di Cavallieri. proved to have a big dramatic voice and sang an appealing Vissi d'arte, but her acting was weak. In Act II, a leak...
...fine print was another pretty severe penalty: the studio suspension automatically cancelled Tenor Lanza's Coca-Cola-sponsored radio show, and the sponsor announced that the Lanza contract, which runs out the end of September, would not be renewed...