Word: tenors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...agreed, and tossed out a challenge: "You will see the most wonderful lungs you have ever seen . . . I can hold my breath longer than anyone else at the Metropolitan. What's more I can sing [a continuous perfect high note] for 13 seconds without taking in more air." Tenor Jan Peerce countered with his boast: "I can hold my breath one minute and 13 seconds with my mouth full of pebbles." Basso Norman Scott said he could better Peerce by at least one second, and the contest was on. Winner: Scott with a time of one minute, three seconds...
...effort to change the tenor of German textbooks on U.S. history, Hans Kohn, professor of History, joined a delegation that began a ten day conference with representatives of over eight European nations at Brunswick, Germany, yesterday...
...heirs of the late great Enrico Caruso were deeply offended by one of the more successful types of U.S. advertising-the tie-in ad. The offending tie-in involved MGM's The Great Caruso, starring Mario Lanza (TIME, Aug. 6), and the Coca-Cola Co., sponsors of Tenor Lanza's U.S. radio show. Caruso's son Enrico Jr., 48,* and 28-year-old Grandsons Enrico and Roberto, were "disgusted" with Coke billboard and poster ads ballyhooing the picture. Not that they had anything in particular against Cokes, explained the younger Enrico, but "we Europeans look upon commercial...
...Carusos' battle was only half won. Still on tap last week was their suit against M-G-M for depicting Tenor Caruso's life without first getting their consent. Says Grandson Enrico, who looks like a small edition of Tenor Lanza: "The picture is full of historical inaccuracies. It gives the impression that Caruso arrived in the U.S. almost an unknown, that America launched him, glorified him and was responsible for his success. The picture denationalizes my grandfather." Besides, added the family's lawyer-although his point was not included in the legal complaint-the heirs regard...
...like his brother Rodolfo, now dead, was born as a result of the great Caruso's grand passion with Soprano Ada Giachetti. Although Tenor Caruso never married Ada, he recognized the two boys as his own sons, thus gave them a legal status in the eyes of Italian...