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Before he went to war, Lawson was a tenor with Robert Shaw's Collegiate Chorale, and afterwards he appeared in some soldier shows. But a year of infantry fighting overseas and six months of paralysis from bullet wounds shattered his stage poise. His voice was as lusty as ever, but audiences gave him the heebie-jeebies and a spotlight froze him stiff...
Frank Sinatra, in Rome with a U.S.O. troupe, had an audience with Pope Pius XII and reported, wide-eyed, that the Pontiff had asked if he was a tenor or baritone. Said The Voice: "I was amazed the Pope had heard of me. I was speechless. I am enthralled by all the grandeur. I am thrilled...
...Anderson was mostly concerned with things about which he can soon do something. Before he becomes Secretary at the end of the month he will report his findings on food shortages to the House. From the hearings of his committee and his researches in the field, the probable tenor of his report was clear: present food shortages are largely a mat ter of government bungling in fixing prices...
Hibbard James, who would have delighted Gilbert's old heart, replaces Breul in the Saturday matinee performance, while Elizabeth Weichel acts pertly in the role of Phyllis. Wilfred Pickles adds his magnificent Irish tenor and completely unemotional countenance to the role of Strephon while Frances Shaffer is an imposing, though voiceless, Queen of the Fairies. Augusta Gifford takes over the role of Iolanthe, while Margaret Williams and Eleanor Finkelstein take the roles of Celia and Leila. As Private Willis, E. Barr Peterson gave the best individual performance of either cast...
Since McCormack heard and approved Christy Lynch, the young tenor has sung 30 recitals. McCormack graciously concedes Lynch a quality which he thinks almost as important as a fine voice: "A finely developed sense of humor-a tenor's saving grace...