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...been more successful at putting opera over in the U.S. than any other composer of his own generation. English Composer Benjamin Britten has had spectacular success in grand opera houses with his bigger and more traditional opera Peter Grimes, and his chamber operas Albert Herring and Let's Make an Opera are successful in Britain and Europe. His lone Broadway production, The Rape of Lucretia, was a flop...
...plenty of work cut out for himself. Later this month he will sail for Italy to catch up on his share of hometown fame. He will make a movie of The Medium, later supervise productions of The Consul in London and Paris, as well as at La Scala. In his dedication to opera, he regrets that he has not had greater chance for orchestral composition. He has written a piano concerto and a ballet suite, Sebastian, is currently working on a violin concerto...
...pennant," said Manager Joe McCarthy of the Boston Red Sox this spring, "but I will say this-the Red Sox will make runs." As the 1950 major-league season began last week, McCarthy was proved quite right; after four innings of the opening game, the slugging Sox led the world champion New York Yankees, 9-0. From the Boston viewpoint, the trouble was that later in the game Joe DiMaggio & Co. drove in nine runs in a single inning, eventually...
...bedraggled players were given a 15-minute respite, then were called back onto the ice. Detroit, seemingly the fresher, kept most of the play on the Ranger ice. The game ended eight minutes later when Substitute Detroit Wingman Pete Babando shot the puck past Goalie Rayner, to make...
...With true Korean courtesy, he announced that he was disappointed because Korean Champion Yun, who placed third, was not able to win. Yun, suffering from leg cramps and a pre-race injury, had barely caught John Lafferty of Jersey City with a closing 100-yd. sprint to make the Korean sweep complete...