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...productions. It provided unpretentious fun in the fall with Workshop productions of Menotti's The Telephone and Wolf-Ferrari's The Secret of Suzanne. Ill-advisedly, the Group mounted in the spring a new English translation of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, which, except for the Blonda of Vivian Thomas '60, was far beyond the abilities of everyone concerned...
Died. Rosetta Duncan, 58, comic member of the rollicking vaudeville sister team (with Vivian) that did a famed take-off on Uncle Tom's Cabin called Topsy and Eva, popularized some of the classic songs of the '20s (Bye, Bye Blackbird; Side by Side); after an auto accident; in Chicago...
Musically, most of the lustre came from the romantic lead, Vivian Thomas as Yum-Yum, and Benjamin Cox's Nanki-Poo. Miss Thomas bounces onto the stage with her disarming freshness and charm and an outstandingly lovely voice. Cox has just the right voice for this part, and knows how to use it, although last night he sounded a little constrained. The two of them made a very attractive pair, if slightly too all-American for their British pronunciation...
...Married. Vivian Elaine, 37, wide-eyed actress ("Miss Adelaide" of Guys and Dolls on both stage and screen); and Milton R. Rackmil, 56, president of Decca Records and Universal Pictures; both for the second time; in Manhattan...
Above all this floats the music, most of which displays Handel's more fluid, graceful style--the finest example being the superb duet of Arsemene and Romilda. The singers carry out their tasks well; John Leonard and Vivian Thomas produce especially beautiful sounds. Robert Scher deserves special mention for his performance (in a voice which suggests the weight and power of an articulated locomotive) of a song about wine that begins, "This persuasive potable makes your thoughts more quotable...