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...resurgence of opera (for opera has never before been so popular), at least the conviction that opera is an essential golden thread in the nation's cultural fabric. The mere existence of the new Met, in short, means that grand opera is headed for a grander future...
...Santa Croce. Digging through the old floor plans of the Badia, Procacci made a second discovery. The church had been rebuilt in 1628, with new interior walls set inside the structure. With one major Giotto find to his credit, Procacci prepared for what he hoped would be an even grander...
Stealing from Satchmo. For Hines, the acclaim abroad is the echo of a grander triumph back home. Now 60, he is the founding fatha of modern jazz piano. Yet for the better part of the past 15 years, he foundered as a forgotten jazz immortal swept aside by capricious tastes. Two years ago, his name was nowhere on the jazz popularity polls. Many fans thought that he had passed on to that big jam session in the sky. In this year's Down Beat International Jazz Critics Poll, however, he was voted the world's No. 1 jazz...
...grander scale was a superb new ballet based on Purcell's music for The Faerie Queen, starring Britain's Dame...
...Argument. Baseball fans, being chronic dyspeptics (too much warm beer, too many cold hot dogs), doubtless will debate forever who is the best pitcher of the 1966 season, the decade, the century, and All Time. There is a strong possibility that Juan Marichal will figure in the grander argument...