Word: tenors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pouts & Frowns. The first day's session at Carnegie Hall began as the conductor nervously walked to his podium. The orchestra's applause calmed him down, and in a flash he called, "Duetto!" Soprano Herva Nelli and Tenor Jan Peerce began singing the last-act duet from Un Ballo in Maschera. Here & there the maestro stopped to shout a fiery "Vergogna!" or "Madonna mia!" and the group diligently began again. Finally, everybody managed to get through the duet according to Toscanini's demands, and the piece was recorded...
Born. To Mario Lanza, 32, overstuffed Hollywood tenor (The Great Caruso), and Betty Hicks Lanza, 31: their fourth child, second son; in Hollywood. Weight...
...satisfied that it brought up the tenor and speed of the crew noticeably. In the back of his mind is the astounding showing Yale made against Navy last week, and the measures he will have to take to beat the Elis in June...
...Harvard audience heard the most recent manifestations of Igor Stravinsky's art-last Sunday evening in a Sanders Theatre concert. An instrumental Septet (1953), the Cantata (1952), and Three Songs from Shakespeare (1953) comprised the program. The quality of performance throughout was superb with the exception of William Hess' tenor; and its strained quality was probably attributable to a cold. Both Mr. Hess and mezzo-soprano Eunice Alberts mastered vocal parts of exceptional difficulty. The modulations of mood and expressiveness which Miss Alberts achieved were striking. The precision and suppleness of conductor Spies' rhythmic impulse and the virtuosity...
...builds to a culmination. The cantata's failure to do these things is attributable to several factors. There seemed to be virtually no relation between orchestra and chorus. The vocal sections were usually accompanied by only the piano, and it is significant that the one exception--Robert Gartside's tenor solo with light orchestral accompaniment--was among the high points of the performance. The conducting of Michael Greenebaum kept the difficult music on a fairly even keel. Perhaps if the performers had been more confident and better rehearsed, the cantata might have seemed more of a unified whole...