Word: virtuoso
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...Handel arias, it floated lightly and lonely as a lark above the bustle of the orchestra. The performance had all the fresh appeal of a lost art rediscovered, which, in fact, it is. Deller is now 53, but when he first achieved recognition, he was the first virtuoso countertenor in 120 years. Almost singlehanded he has sparked a revival of interest in baroque vocal music...
...With a virtuoso performance on the red bumpers and masterful flipper control. Willig scored an all-time record 2785 on the Tommy's Lunch pinball machino, shattering the previous mark of 2330 held by Jeff Hobbing...
Divorced. By Betty Grable, 48, Hollywood's wartime pinup queen (Million Dollar Legs), now often gamboling on the Las Vegas stage (Guys and Dolls): Harry Hagg James, 49, once perhaps the world's greatest trumpet virtuoso, still tooting as a successful bandleader; on uncontested grounds of extreme cruelty; after 22 years of marriage, two children; in Las Vegas...
...STANDARD SONNY ROLLINS (RCA Victor). These are virtuoso saxophone interpretations of supple old standards like I'll Be Seeing You, Love Letters, Trav'lin' Light. The unique phrasing that is Sonny's signature can catch even the aficionado up short, and the tone of the record is witty and ingenious. For contrast, there are a few calmly contemplative moments, notably Night...
Divorced. Byron Janis, 37, virtuoso U.S. concert pianist; by June Dickson-Wright, 33, daughter of British Surgeon Arthur Dickson-Wright; on grounds of incompatibility; after eleven years of marriage, one child; in Juarez, Mexico. Died. Shirley Jackson, 45, master of seance fiction, author of The Lottery, chilling tale of a 20th century New England village's annual rite of human sacrifice, and dozens more stories and novels (Hangsaman, We Have Always Lived in the Castle) so horrific that it always surprised readers to learn that all this came from a contented wife and good-humored mother of four...