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Softer Water. An all-purpose water softener to lighten the housewife's home laundry chores was put on the market by the Harshaw Chemical Co. of Cleveland...
Latest hopeful is Philadelphia-born Margaret Harshaw, 41, who is gradually shouldering a greater load of heavy Wagnerian leads. Big (5 ft. 8 in.) and strong enough to brandish a spear handily and with enough stamina to last out a four-hour opera, Soprano Harshaw seems a natural Wagnerian. She arrived at the Met in 1942 as a contralto, gradually developed her high notes until she became a full-fledged soprano. A fortnight ago, she began belting out impressive "ho-yo-to-hos" in one of Wagner's grandest roles -the helmeted goddess Briinnhilde in Die Walkure-with such...
...five ordinary Verdi or Puccini operas, but would draw crowds for only about ten performances as compared with 30-odd for the Italian favorites. This year the Met is enjoying full houses (at about $19,000 a night) for its Rigoletto and La Boheme, while, even with Soprano Harshaw, performances of Tann-häuser and Walkure find about 10% of the seats empty...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Die Walküre, with Thebom, Harshaw, Frantz, Svanholm...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Tannhäuser, with Vinay, Harshaw, London...