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...offices of the Banco de Bilbao, which for 15 years has paid him a yearly rent of 12,000 pesetas ($1,080), now about one-tenth of what the landlord could get from a new tenant. Don Francisco pleaded inflation and asked for more rent from Bank Manager Jose Santamaria. Then he tried litigation. He got nowhere...
Crowds gathered outside the building, for Don Francisco's windows were generously open. When Bank Manager Jose Santamaria sent plenipotentiaries upstairs with a request please to stop the noise, Don Francisco greeted them from his armchair where he lolled, walking stick between his knees, a glass of manzanilla in his hand. "Go away," he waved. "Let a man enjoy music in peace. Get back to your figures and books. Kindly disturb me no longer...
...clock, when the bank closed, the concert ended. At 4 o'clock, when the bank reopened, the music roared up again. Frantic Jose Santamaria went upstairs in person. "My dear friend," said Don Francisco grandly, "do come in and enjoy my little concert. These are the finest musicians in town. I discovered them. Won't you stay a while and have a drink with me?" Don Jose sputtered: "Stop this infernal racket or I shall call the police." "An excellent idea!" crowed the landlord. "Those poor chaps must get very bored in that dreary town hall...
Caesar and Coca are supported by such guest stars as Gertrude Lawrence, Rex Harrison or Jose Ferrer, and by a chorus and well-trained ballet. To "add a sprinkling of cultural items," Liebman pairs off the Metropolitan Opera's Baritone Robert Merrill and Soprano Marguerite Piazza, in neatly scissored scenes from light and grand opera...
...evening in Roland Petit's much-discussed "Carmen." This ballet returns to the sensual, impetuous spirit of the Merimee novel, although its score uses excerpts from Bizet's opera. Rence Jeanmaire is a seductive and fiery Carmen. When she is on the stage the downfall of Don Jose, danced by Petit, becomes completely believable. Jeanmaire and Petit dance together with great smoothness and polish; they are both dancers of the first rank. Serge Perrault and Belinda Wright dance supporting parts with skill...