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¶ Most important Metropolitan debutant was German Heldentenor Carl Hartmann, who had made previous U. S. appearances with the German Opera Company in 1931. As principal protagonist in one of the finest Siegfrieds in decades, long-legged, prancing Hartmann acted his role as though he were living it, sang and...
This week the Hammond comes into its musical majority when Italian Organist Fernando Germani, a onetime child prodigy, gives a Hammond recital in Boston's Symphony Hall. First organist to take a Hammond on tour, he will play Bach and Handel organ music, as well as arrangements of piano...
When concertgoers hear a pianist who combines technical finish with sound understanding of a score, they open their eyes. More rarely do they find duo-pianists of such perfection. Last week in Manhattan two topnotch teams of duo-pianists played a day apart. Music lovers were still glowing over the...
The first week of New York's Metropolitan Opera traditionally gives debutant singers an occasion to be heard, boxholders an occasion to be photographed, critics an occasion to be lenient. Critics did not have to be lenient when, on Dec. 21, Manager Edward Johnson opened the season with a...
Many an uneasy debutant has blurred the beginning of his Town Hall recital. Singer Smith attacked his first notes so nervously and late that he had to signal to the orchestra to start over again. But with his second attempt he had mastered his vocal powers like a seasoned artist...