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...instruments survived, and one 130-year-old copy turned up at Manhattan's Carnegie Hall last week in the hands of Musician Francis Lantos, a Hungarian-born refugee. Lantos' countryman, Composer Tibor Serly (who deciphered and scored Bartok's famed Viola Concerto), had written his plaintive Chamber Folk Music for violin, piano and tarogato in 1948, but until recently had found no one who could make the instrument sing. Lantos, who broadcasts over
Bartok: Deux Images for Orchestra (New Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Serly conducting; Bartok Records, 2 sides LP). Early Bartok, with a touch of Debussy and a full share of Bartok's own masterful orchestral technique. Performance and recording: excellent...
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...