Word: cardinalate
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last year's two $50 first prizes went to Nicholas Verden '51 and J. David Baumann '51. The former recited the Allocution by Pope Pius XII on the arrest of Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, and the latter chose Ulysses' speech on order from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
Gladys Swarthout's fiery Carmen was played without the exaggerated gestures common to the Met's gigantic stage; Tenor Robert Rounseville brought a matinée idol's profile to Don José, but obviously had to work hard to restrain the grimaces that ordinarily go with...
In 1945's fire, which the Nazis set before they moved out, the cathedral's heavy larch roof and its covering of multicolored tiles collapsed into the nave. Since then, Viennese have donated 15 million schillings (about $570,000) to restore the cathedral, but St. Stephen's...