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Rossini, La Cenerentola (Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo, London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado conducting; Deutsche Grammophon, 3 LPs, $20.94). Despite the greater popularity of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, this is actually the composer's comic masterpiece, a work in which the stuff of childish fantasy is transformed breathtakingly into the best kind of adult fun and games. In the title role, Spain's Teresa Berganza sings with a bravura coloratura style that (among mezzos) only Marilyn Home might match. Conductor Claudio Abbado not only has opted for a newly cleaned-up version...
...Teresa Gillett, vice-chairwoman of the National Episcopal Peace Fellowship and a staff member for GBPAC, said yesterday that the post-election date for the nationwide action was chosen because, "Regardless of which way the election went we had a cause to raise"--either to demand that Nixon withdraw troops or, if McGovern had won, to demand that Nixon begin implementation of McGovern's policies during his Jame duck period...
...campaign with a breakfast aboard a river excursion boat, Heinz never let up. He conducted opinion polls on dozens of subjects, blitzed the district with position papers, and wined and feted labor leaders, political pros and volunteer workers. One presumable campaign asset was his attractive wife Marie Teresa Simoes-Ferreira Heinz, 34. Born in Mozambique, she speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese, but can use very direct English when talking politics. She shocked one group by labeling it "a bunch of bigots...
...each other Tu, tu amore? Tu?, and answer in the way every Puccini fan dreams of hearing but rarely does. Awesome is the word for Birgit Nilsson's portrayal of Salome's final 14 minutes on earth. As for the Act I love duet from Otello, Soprano Teresa Zylis-Gara sings with disciplined creaminess, but Tenor Franco Corelli, alas, gulps phrases and swallows words as if he were drowning in the music rather than singing...
...West, took advantage of Italy's new divorce law to make an honest comrade of his longtime mistress Bruna Conti, 58. Their 17-year-old son Egidio was present at the ceremony, performed by the Communist mayor of Genzano. So were two other sons by his previous wife Teresa Noce, who fought beside him in the Spanish Civil War and served the party in Italy, Spain and France. Though Longo had not lived with her since he spotted Bruna in the Union of Italian Women a couple of decades ago, Teresa is reported to have phoned her congratulations...