Word: splendid
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Triston and Isolde, of all works, is the biggest hit at the Metropolitan Opera. The reason for this sensation is the Widely publicized and truly splendid performance of the statuesque (and this is not intended as a euphemism for "fat") Swedish dramatic soprano, Birgit Nilsson, whose Isolde was accorded a tremendous ovation at the first performance of the Met's new production last month...
AMERICAN Some Like It Hot. Director Billy Wilder's splendid parody of a Mack Sennett comedy, sustained without letup or letdown for two hours (TIME, March...