Word: metropolitan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wagner: Die Walküre, Duet from Act I, Scene 3; Act III complete (Helen Traubel, soprano; Herbert Janssen, baritone; Emery Darcy, tenor; vocal ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera; the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 4 sides, LP). Great music sung by great singers. Conductor Rodzinski gives it the pace and force to make it an exciting performance. Recording: excellent...
...Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, with Bidu Sayao and Ferruccio Tagliavini...
...Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Tristan und Isolde, with Lauritz Melchior and Helen Traubel...
Playing on the same bill at the Metropolitan is the Preston Sturges comedy, "The Lady Eve." This film, also an old-timer, is a sophisticated piece about a confidence woman and the heir to the fortunes of Pike's Pale, "The Ale that Won for Yale." The dialogue abounds in double entendres of the highest order. At the same time, "The Lady Eve" has its share of slapstick, too. Henry Fonda, as the slow-witted heir, takes no less than nine pratfalls in the course of the movie...
...victory over the Agawam Hunt Club on Monday night, the first win for the varsity A team in Metropolitan League Competition, sets the team record at four wins and two losses...