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...Ella Fitzgerald. Serious composers continue to find stimulation in jazz; this month will see the U.S. premiere of a work by Swiss Composer Rolf Liebermann, a kind of concerto grosso in which the Sauter-Finegan band will act as jazz concertino to the Chicago Symphony's long-haired tutti...
Gretry's work lacks the exuberance and sparkle of the finest opera boufle tradition of that period, as exemplified, for example, in Cosi fan Tutti. Yet if Mozart is not advanced in comparison, Gretry's music must be adjudged an effective and delightful score. The characters are given subtle musical characterizations, there are some hilarious ensembles, and the coloratura has ample opportunity to show off her best...
There were moments of muttering that almost came to open revolt. Once Gianella herself was so upset that she flounced to the back of the podium where she had propped up a doll named Victor, and told Victor: "Bambini! Tutti bambini! [Children! They're all children!]." But by the end of the rehearsal, most of the orchestra was won over. "She was right every time she pulled us up," said a violinist. "She's a genius," said a cellist...
...Roggero, whose rich, pure voice compensated for her poor diction, had one lovely aria in the first act. Yi-Kwei Sze, as Friar Laurence, showed fine tonal control, even in the lowest registers. The sudden emergence of his booming bass voice in the midst of a choral and orchestral tutti was one of the finest moments in the work...
Busy as ever shaking up the old Met, Rudolf Bing announced last week that he will have 16 new singers this season, and two one-shot directors from Broadway: Alfred Lunt (Cosi Fan Tutti) and the Old Vic's Tyrone Guthrie (Carmen). Bing's new roster ended with dancers, and the name of a new premiere danseuse, New Orleans-born Janet Collins, of last season's Broadway show, Out of This World. That was where the reporters found their headlines. In the 68-year history of the Met, Premiere Danseuse Collins is the first Negro to become...