Word: tenors
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...there are many chances for group singing and novelty numbers, "Ad Man Out" gives little opportunity for any of its performers to test their voices in songs that require a broad range. In the one real ballad, "As Long As You're in Love," Allison displays a fine natural tenor. The other voices, though not outstanding are more than good enough to put across lyrics which can stand by themselves...
Soprano Victoria de los Angeles, though she is only 30, made a matronly-looking Marguerite, but her singing was faultless as a flute. For a man who has just been rejuvenated by the devil, Swedish Tenor Jussi Bjoerling looked pudgy, but he sang with Gallic smoothness. Conductor Monteux. with no apparent effort, achieved a nearly perfect balance between orchestra and singers...
...Philippine folksongs are prize compositions in a contest sponsored by the Glee Club among native composers. They are saturated with harmonies which must have originated in a Manila barbershop. There are some interesting effects when the lower voices chant monosyllables against a tenor melody, but the overall result often seemed too much like an M-G-M sound track. Choruses by Gilbert and Sullivan showed the Glee Club to best advantage. The all-important diction was perfectly clear and the piano accompaniment of Lawrence Berman '56 and William Lindahl '55 added to the zest of the singing...
...effective orchestration, had more barking sound effects than flowing music; much of Joseph K.'s music was recitation on a single note. While The Trial went on, the audience sat intent and silent. But at the end the applause was thin. Most of it went to Tenor John Druary for his two hours of almost continuous singing in the difficult lead, and to Phyllis Curtin for her beautiful soprano and her coquetry in the parts of the opera's three erotic women...
...Outsize (5 ft. 10 in., 200 Ibs.) Tenor Mario Lanza now owns an outsize, custom-built white Cadillac with a gold-plated dashboard...