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Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m. ABC). Cosi Fan Tutte, with Steber, Thebom, Munsel...
Thereafter, Mozart and a first-rate cast took over. There were no stars: Così is strictly an ensemble opera. But all hands -Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Patrice Munsel, Frank Guarrera, Richard Tucker, John Brownlee-somehow seemed to sing and look better than ever. They sang in understandable English, and carried themselves with the flawlessly sophisticated artificiality which Così, and Director Lunt, demanded...
...capture the sound and spirit of Bach's day, Conductor Robert Shaw cut the RCA Victor Orchestra down to 23 pieces, kept choruses small for most of it. As soloists, Blanche Thebom, Mack Harrell and Leslie Chabay are first class. The result is one of the most magnificent recordings of the year...
...Telephone Hour. (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Guest: The Metropolitan Opera's Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom...
...usual technical proficiency-and by pointless attempts to make Tenor Lanza look effortless while performing arias that ordinarily require opera singers to flex every muscle. But Lanza is in fine voice, and with such artists as the Met's Soprano Dorothy Kirsten and Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom, he sings varied favorites by 13 composers from Verdi to Victor Herbert. On the program: La Donna E Mobile and the Quartet from Rigoletto; Vesti la Giubba from I Pagliacci; the Sextette from Lucia De Lammermoor...