Word: tenors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bing's next step was to call in Painter Eugene Berman, who went to work on a notable array of sets and costumes (see ART). Then Bing was ready for a cast. He chose a starry one: Soprano Zinka Milanov, Tenor Richard Tucker, Baritone Leonard Warren and Basso Cesare Siepi. Said Bing: "The finest vocal ensemble you can hear anywhere in the world." With those singers, and Verdi's music, Rudolf Bing sat back and hoped for another success. Last week, more than 72 hours before the curtain would rise on Forza, the standing-room queue was already...
...attempt to define its kind; Eva's protégé was her favorite nephew. The theater and José were brought together last June when Eva sent a circular letter to every opera manager in France, proclaiming José's brilliance and immediate availability as a tenor. Francis Lenzi, Nimes's entrepreneur, took a chance and wrote back offering Jose a job in the chorus...
...tenor of uncertainty marked the optimistic pre-election prophesies of all College political club executives last night, as they edged to the very limb of partisan prediction...
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...