Word: victors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...covered the standard operatic repertory on LPs, e.g., ten complete and currently available Pagliaccis, seven Aïdas, five Butterflys, record companies have begun to dig for lesser known works. One of the happiest recent finds: Puccini's one-acter, II Tabarro, on an excellent RCA Victor LP. This somberly lyric tale of jealousy, betrayal and murder on a Seine River barge is sung with power and intensity by Baritone Tito Gobbi, Soprano Margaret Mas and Tenor Giacinto Prandelli, strongly backed by the Rome Opera's chorus and orchestra under Veteran Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza. As the betrayed husband...
Third item in this batch of operatic rarities: Arrigo Boïto's Mefistofele, newly recorded by RCA Victor on 2 LPs (with Boris Christoff, Giacinto Prandelli, Orietta Moscucci; Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera conducted by Vittorio Gui). Known chiefly as a poet and mighty librettist (Verdi's Otello and Falstaff), Boïto always remained an interesting oddity as a composer; he premiered his version of Goethe's Faust at La Scala in 1868 only to see it booed off the stage after two performances because of its experimentation with Wagnerian techniques. Intellectually more...
McCurdy hopes that Giegengack also has troubles, for if Yale is at full strength, the defending Heptagonal champions and Big Three victor will be hard-pressed to continue its mastery of the Blue. Princeton, with little talent, should do no more than cause trouble for both teams...
Other officers of the society are Theodore Mack '58, of Fort Worth, Texas and Lowell House, secretary; and Victor Claman '58, of New York City and Kirkland House, treasurer...
Jeff Taley tossed the shot 49 feet, 7 inches to win that event. The team composed of Art White, Bob Will, Pat Liles, and Art Cahn won the mile relay. In the 1000, Dave Call was the victor, running the distance...