Word: tibor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Central City's modern tradition goes back 19 years to a group of theater-minded Coloradans who started a play festival. In 1940, they added grand opera to the program. Except for a wartime break, it has been going ever since. Guiding spirits this year: Met Conductor Tibor Kozma, Veteran Designer Donald Oenslager, Stage Director Alfred de Liagre Jr. and House Director Elmer Nagy. By stressing bright sets, lively acting and English librettos, they hope to develop a new U.S. audience for opera...
...Pierre Matisse), a fine collection of Ming porcelains (at the Komor), and antiseptic semi-abstractions by Charles Sheeler (at the Downtown). The esoteric fringe, always as long as an Easter bunny's ears, had a bright item: luminescent pictures by Marie Menken (at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery), which were guaranteed to be visible even in rooms darkened...
...Forget. When she arrived for her first rehearsal, awed Met youngsters understood in an electric flash why Puccini and Richard Strauss lavished compliments and roles* on her. It was more than her million-volt personal magnetism. Said Conductor Tibor Kozma: "She works hard, with intensity. No monkey business. And she could give us all lessons in theater...
Bartok: Divertimento for Strings (string orchestra conducted by Tibor Serly; Bartok Recording Studio; 2 sides LP). Composed in the same period (1936-39) as the Music for Strings, Celeste and Percussion and the Violin Concerto, this music stands with them among Bartok's best. Performance and recording: excellent...