Word: traviatas
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...allegro. It must smile! Allegro not only with the tempo but with this!"-and he resoundingly slaps his face. At times he speaks like a counseling father: "I don't believe that to be a great man one needs to play only Wagner or Beethoven. Play also Traviata as you are best able to play. I like this music as I like Mozart...
...burnished voice the natural embodiment of opera's great villains-the grandly tormented Macbeth, the insinuatingly oily hunchback Rigoletto, the ravening Count di Luna of Trovatore. But he was also wonderfully effective in roles that called for massive dignity and restraint-Germont in Traviata, the title role in Simon Boccanegra. What Warren lacked in natural acting ability he more than made up with his remarkable and splendidly controlled voice; it had impressive size, fine texture and immense range. Warren even commanded the top notes, including the high C that many a tenor lacks...
Triumphant Moment. In tribute to its great baritone, the Met last week opened a performance of The Flying Dutchman the day after his death with the prelude to Act IV of Traviata. Earlier in the week Warren himself had supplied an even more fitting tribute when he appeared in a new production of Simon Boccanegra, in which he had made his little-noticed debut 21 years ago. Last week's revival (the first in a decade) benefited from some magnificently colorful sets, the muscular conducting of Dimitri Mitropoulos and fine performances from most of the cast. But the opera...
...world. Last week a busload of teachers journeyed to Manhattan to cheer the school's most famous alumna in a new kind of starring role. Young (24), shapely (36-24-36) Soprano Anna Moffo was making her debut at the Met in Verdi's La Traviata...
...skip that part of the question till later, please," and pretending to struggle for an answer that he had been handed, complete with acting script, a few hours before. Old Twenty One fans particularly remember one script, asking for the name of the character in Verdi's La Traviata who sings Sempre libera. "She sings it right at the end of a party given by . . ." whispered the sweating Van Doren at the time. "What's her name! Soprano. Her name is like . . . Violetta! Violetta...