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...themselves as the best ideological defense against Communism. It is possible that many Americans would, if they understood M.R.A., find Communism less nauseating. Currently, 192 delegates and actors from M.R.A. are stumping the capitals of South Asia and the Middle East- in U.S. Air Force transports-with a three-act musical morality play called The Vanishing Island. A summary of M.R.A. s message...
...Neill play, The Straw, a youthful (1918), three-act romantic tragedy, was presented on NBC's Kraft Theater (Wed. 9 p.m., E.D.T.). It would have been difficult to pick an O'Neill drama that had a better chance of not coming off. It is the unhappy tale of a consumptive Irish girl, who falls in love with a writer at a sanitarium and wastes away when the writer is cured and leaves. The writer returns, and out of compassion gives her one straw of hope for life: the promise of his love. Although O'Neill...
...Jenufa) was fascinated by Dostoevsky's autobiographical novel. From the House of the Dead, about life in a Siberian prison camp. In 1928, in the last year of his life but still at the peak of his powers. Janacek used the Dostoevsky work as the basis of a three-act opera. It had one of its rare performances last summer at the Holland Festival, where it was recorded by Phillips, and last week Aus Einem Totenhaus was released in the U.S. on two Epic...
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Hilde Gueden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by the composer; Columbia, 3 LPs). When this three-act opera had its first U.S. performances last season (TIME. Feb. 23), audiences had difficulty with its baroque mannerisms and supercilious satire. Without distractions to the eye, this excellent recording allows the listener to sit back and select his pleasures: some melodious arias, some fine choruses, and some of the world's most inventive orchestration...
...believe he would fare pretty well. A panel of distinguished judges, including Stravinsky, Honegger and La Scala's principal conductor, Victor de Sabata, had picked his Proserpina and the Stranger over 137 other entries (16 from the U.S.) in La Scala's international contest for the best three-act opera. A philosophical soul, Castro was surprised but not overwhelmed at winning the contest. Said he: "I am always prepared for things not to go well. For me, submitting the opera was like playing the lottery." He got enthusiastic applause when he stepped to the podium to conduct...