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Raffaello de Banfield: Lord Byron's Love Letter (Astrid Varnay. Gertrude Ribla, Mario Carlin. Nicoletta Carruba; Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome, conducted by Nicola Rescigno; RCA Victor). An adventurous musical reading of Tennessee Williams' curdled little tale about a New Orleans lady of reduced circumstances who supports herself and her granddaughter, illegitimately descended from Lord Byron, by displaying a love letter she received from Byron in the "gold and azure days'" of their love affair. Italian Composer Banfield's score offers some green and willowy moments of vocal beauty, but its lush-styled orchestration is finally...
...production's cast was youthful and predominantly non-German: Hungary's Sandor Konya as Lohengrin, Austria's Leonie Rysanek as Elsa, France's Ernest Blanc as Telramund, the U.S.'s Astrid Varnay as Ortrud, and Keith Engen, who sang King Heinrich (wearing his 1944 University of California class ring). While the principals were vocally uninspired, the chorus was in splendid form-despite severe hardships. Wieland's staging demands that the male chorus remain frozen-and conscious-for 70 minutes in the first act. In last week's premiere, several members retreated giddily...
...luck than others have had. Somehow, the old seafaring legend failed to fit in with the stark, abstract staging technique that has been brilliantly successful with other Wagner operas. Musically, Bayreuth's Dutchman was superior. Listeners were especially pleased with the Metropolitan Opera's statuesque Soprano Astrid Varnay as Senta. Most popular opera of Bayreuth's season thus far: Tannhduser, with the role of Wolfram sensitively sung by Germany's young (30) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, a rising new baritone...
Parsifal) staged by the composer's grandsons, in a style unmatched by any of the world's opera houses. Metropolitan Soprano Astrid Varnay and Tenor Ramon Vinay will sing several of the top roles...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Parsifal, with Svanholm, London, Hotter, Vichegonov, Varnay...