Word: tenors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Angel-voiced Soprano Milanov, as Chénier's aristocratic amour, and archangel-voiced Baritone Warren, as a servant turned revolutionary, helped make the Met's Chenier a solid success, but the hit of the evening was Tenor Mario Del Monaco, in the powerful title role. When his time came, he stood back, heaved an enormous breath, spread his arms and let fly with a stunning high B flat that he held until it began to sound as if a phonograph needle was stuck in the groove...
...Tenor Transformed. For Italian Tenor Del Monaco, the evening marked an amazing transformation. Del Monaco's singing career got a major boost when he was a soldier in World War II: his music-loving C.O. let him sing instead of shipping him to the front. One performance, in Butterfly, brought him his big chance: a buxom soprano watched the tenor sweep up his fragile leading lady and carry her offstage. The visitor was fascinated. "You must come and do it with me in Florence," she burbled. Then and there, Del Monaco earned a reputation more for force than...
...hewed his way to extremes of modernity. Passacaglia (played by David Tudor) was written in the early '30s, is as dissonant and involved as the more recent Violin Sonata (with Frances Magnes and Tudor). Composer Wolpe has taught jazz musicians, and his Quartet for Trumpet (Bob Nagel), Tenor Sax (Al Cohn), Piano (Jack Maxin) and Percussion (Al Howard) has, a barely recognizable jazz flavor. Performances: superb...
Hulking Hollywood Tenor Mario Lanza was a big box-office hit 3½ years ago in The Great Caruso. But when his temperament interfered with his work on The Student Prince, M-G-M canceled his contract (TIME, Sept. 15, 1952). Lanza relaxed in his rented ($2,000 a month) Beverly Hills house, eating well while his already overstuffed bulk swelled...
When CBS offered him $40,000 to appear on Shower of Stars, Tenor Lanza announced he would make his long-awaited comeback. He dieted furiously and reduced his weight by 40 Ibs. But when it came time to loose the famous voice, he was too weak from dieting. CBS, deciding that Lanza was too big a name to drop from Shower's première, tried a secret expedient. When the monthly show opened last week with Betty Grable and Harry James, Mario merely mouthed the lyrics while some of his three-year-old recordings provided the sound...