Word: verdis
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Even for Italy, it was an extraordinary display of artistic temperament. The occasion had started as a concert performance of Verdi's // Corsaro in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, and the cognoscenti were all there. The opera had not been performed in 109 years and for excellent reason: troubled by rheumatism and an attack of Weltschmerz brought on by a worrisome winter in Paris, Verdi dashed // Corsaro off in less than two months and immediately pronounced it beyond salvation...
...Barroom Floor, a new face commissioned to please the tourists who, in turn, prefer to believe that it is the 19th century original. Despite the diverting hoopla, some 27,000 opera lovers are buying seats this season to hear those authentic old Western masters Mozart (Don Giovanni) and Verdi (Il Trovatore...
Sophomoric Sycophants. Sir Frederick Ashton, slated to succeed Dame Ninette de Valois as the Royal Ballet's director, knew that everyone from Verdi to Garbo had taken a whack at Dumas' story since it first appeared in 1848. He redistilled it in his own mind into a prologue and four concentrated scenes. Still he could not decide on the music. Then he heard Liszt's B-minor sonata. To most classicists, the piece is sadly second-rate, but it was the answer to Ashton's yearning. He assigned the orchestration to Humphrey Searle, got Cecil Beaton...
...Mouth of the Wolf (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).º A special documentary on grand opera in Parma, Italy, featuring the season's opener, Verdi's Luisa Miller...
Voice of Firestone (ABC, 10-10:30 p.m.). Highlights from Verdi's Otello, with Tenor James McCracken, Soprano Gabriella Tucci and Baritone Robert Merrill...