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Josef Stalin may allow Russians to bathe stark naked on the Nevsky banks, exile stubborn Kulaks to the wastes of Siberia, or teach clumsy railroad workers an object lesson in front of a firing-squad, but his cloven hoof appears in silk stocking with distressing frequency...
When Wozzeck was given in Philadelphia four winters ago, conventional operagoers shuddered at its dissonances, stamped Composer Alban Berg as a stark ultra-modernist who had little regard for beauty. Wozzeck's story was sordid. Its music was an enigma to many, though none denied its power. For six years in his home in Vienna, Composer Berg has been working on a second opera, Lulu. Boston had the first U. S. taste of it last week when Sergei Koussevitzky conducted five symphonic excerpts...
...Vernon, N. Y., some nudists calling themselves The Nudist Theatre Guild recruited a few professional actors and put on a half-clothed version of the old stock company chestnut, retitled The Girl from Childs in 1950. Beforehand the director had announced: "Serious [i. e., stark naked] presentation is not possible at present. We have to cope with the law. The cast will wear as little as possible." The pressagent said: "As was the case when Columbus spoke of a new route to India, tremendous obstacles have been placed in the way of the new enterprise. . . . protests. . . . boycott. . . . We have refused...
Weary cabbage dank and stark...
...regime ends next month. Last week his successor was named and a momentous bargain sealed. In a desperate attempt to save its life, the Metropolitan sold its independence. Price: $150,000. The buyer was the Juilliard Musical Foundation, created by the late Augustus D. Juilliard, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who migrated to Manhattan and made a fortune in textiles. As Augustus Juilliard grew old he tired of making money and opera became his interest. Nearly every night he was to be seen in Box No. 2, where in 1919 he was seized with his fatal illness...