Word: tenoritis
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Schumann: Duets (Lotte Lehmann soprano, Lauritz Melchior, tenor with orchestra; Victor, 4 sides). Top-notch singing of first-class Schwärmerei. One duet, a charming Germanization of Robert Burns's Wha Is That at My Bower Door?, would bring down any house...
Like sopranos, unlike basses and baritones, tenor voices go to seed early. When golden-voiced Enrico Caruso died at 48, he had passed his prime. Jean de Reszke and gut-busting Francesco Tamagno retired at 51. But not yet retired is Giovanni Martinelli, 53, robust, white-mopped tenor who made his debut at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera the year before the War. Never the undisputed best of the Metropolitan's chandelier-jigglers, Martinelli has been a dependable artist in an enormous repertory (57 roles). In two operas, Verdi's Otello and Halevy's La Juive, critics...
Wednesday Evening, June 7 *Triumphal March from "Aida"Verdi *Overture to "Anacreon" Chernbini *Minuet (for String Orchestra) Bolzoni *"Madam Butterfly," Fantasia Puccini "Manhattan" Colla Midday--Night Shadows--Playtime (Conducted by the Composer) *Air, "Coleste Aida," from "Aida" Verdi Soloist: DARIO MAIANI, Tenor "Italia," Rhapsody Casella *Malaguena Lecuona *Perpetuum Mobile Paganini Played by the combined string sections *Spanish Dance de Falla *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...dresses with conservative elegance, never goes out without a slender walking stick, which he manipulates expertly, accenting the delicacy of his beringed hands (he has a passion for rings). His voice is soft, rich and low with a gentle, melancholy brogue. He is rather vain of his tenor, which he likes to join with his son's bass at small family celebrations...
...band. The Smoker Committee has been diving in and out of every dance spot in the section trying to find a band good enough to back the notables present. Hill's outfit, from the Little Dixie, definitely fills the bill. Fine rhythm, with excellent brass solos, and a tenor sax man that plays Lester Young (Count Basic) ideas all go to make up a very solid swing style...