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Since the war, Vienna's State Opera has been the touring company of Europe. The U.S. has heard and applauded some of its stars, e.g., Soprano Ljuba Welitch and Baritone Paul Schoeffler. Now the company would like to show the U.S. all of its wares. Veteran Importer Sol Hurok is negotiating, but it looks as if the U.S. might still have to wait a while. Neither Hurok nor the Austrians are yet prepared to ship over an orchestra (the Vienna Philharmonic) of 113, a chorus of 106, singing principals, sets and chief stage hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Comeback In Vienna | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

...Metropolitan was also worried about one of its star sopranos, Ljuba Welitch. She probably joined the German Labor Front, observed Director Rudolf Bing sadly. "You either joined or you didn't sing," he explained. Arturo Toscanini was waved in though technically he too was suspicious: during Il Duce's regime, he had led an Italian orchestra, once ran for the Italian Senate with Mussolini on the Socialist ticket in 1919. Obviously the Attorney General felt he could make an exception of Toscanini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMMIGRATION: Revenge at Ellis Island | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

Puccini: Tosco (Love Duet, Act I) (Ljuba Welitch, soprano; Richard Tucker, tenor; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Max Rudolf conducting; Columbia, 1 side LP). Some of Puccini's most heart-pulling music, beautifully sung. Although her voice is thinner, the Met's flaming new Tosca, in Vissi d'Arte, which completes the side, stands up mighty well with her Golden-Age counterpart, Claudia Muzio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Oct. 16, 1950 | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

Mozart: Excerpts from Don Giovanni (Ljuba Welitch, soprano, with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fritz Reiner conducting; Columbia, 1 side LP). Next to her lurid Salome, red-haired Bulgarian Soprano Welitch gets her biggest hand at the Met in the role of the vengeance-seeking Donna Anna. A lesser man than the dashing Don would wilt before the fury of this thousand-volt voice. Recording : excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Aug. 7, 1950 | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

Your Invitation to Music (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). New music series. Guests: Soprano Ljuba Welitch and Pianist Robert Casadesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, May 1, 1950 | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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