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...Symphonies. The Boston Symphony had already been on a "Western tour" (Rochester to Cincinnati); later in Boston it would introduce highly touted Russian Violinist Leonid Kogan and present the novelty of French Saxophone Virtuoso Marcel Mule. The Chicago Symphony was recruiting a brand-new 150-voice choir under famed Choral Conductor Margaret Hillis; the Cleveland Orchestra opened its 40th season with Conductor George Szell directing the first of nine commissioned works: Alvin Etler's Concerto in One Movement...
...years old in some forms and hence a Johnny-come-lately), the Rao troupe also danced the nearly 4,000-year-old Bharata Natyam (the Drama of Bharata). High point of the program: Mohirti Attam (the Dance of the Enchantress), in which Dancer Rao proved herself a virtuoso performer. This dance had become so corrupted and eroticized by courtesans that it had been banned from the temples. Shanta, swathed in dazzling silk, danced it in its uncorrupted style, although her weaving, swaying interpretation was still sexy in a highly stylized...
Consequences of Revolt. Luther inevitably dominates the stage, but Durant does well by the other great Reformation leaders-John Knox, the virtuoso of invective, and Calvin, the black icicle of theology for whose doctrine of predestination even-tempered Author Durant reserves one of his rare flashes of indignation ("We shall always find it hard to love the man who darkened the human soul with [an] absurd and blasphemous conception...
...America. Robert Dargie as Uncle Sam at the piano punctuates the performance with robust renditions of American songs, while guitars, banjos, and violins mute the strains of the nation's soul. Scenery and props were appropriately simple, and agilely handled. The floor was musicarnival and the lighting was virtuoso, creating a variety of moods. Special credit goes to Joy Pranulis, the one-woman-wonder who designed and made 110 period costumes in one week, providing a paisleyed pictorial pastiche...
...title role is a virtuoso vehicle for a magnificent actress. Florence Reed is just such an actress. With close to 60 years of stage experience, she knows all the tricks in the book--and this role demands a great many of them. She has a full, rich voice and knows how to underline it with a straightening of the shoulders or a toss of the head. And there is her famous deep-throated chuckle that has almost become a trademark. No other actress is her superior in the ability to project perfectly from fortissimo to pianissimo. Though rather short...