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...opera house, Vienna would probably lose to Milan's La Scala, and might have strong competition from New York's Metropolitan. But Vienna is the heart of Operaland, not only because it was an artistic home to generations of music's greats from Mozart to Richard Strauss, not only because it has devoutly performed opera for more than 300 years through occupation, war and famine, but because in a sense, all Vienna is an opera stage. The baroque palaces no longer signify military power or proud aristocracy -they look like sets waiting for lights and music...
Magic Flute (1791) has Vienna witnessed the premiere of a major opera by an Austrian composer, but under such directors as Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Clemens Kraus, it provided a unique climate for performance, fusing Italian fire, Teutonic thunder and Slavic melancholy into a mellowness all its own. For years, Vienna considered itself Richard Wagner's second Bayreuth; it took Bizet's Carmen and Massenet's Manon to its heart after Paris had cold-shouldered them...
...Second National Conference on Spiritual Foundations met in Washington, D.C., with some 250 religious leaders and laymen-Christian, Jewish, Moslem, Hindu and Buddhist-and heard such potent speakers as Vice President Nixon, Admirals Radford and Strauss. "Civilization," said the conference message, "rests ultimately upon an act of belief. A renaissance of civilization in the 'postmodern' era already taking shape depends upon a revival of faith in God and a fresh synthesis of faith and reason...
DIXON-YATES CONTRACT may be invalid after all, says AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss, although he has repeatedly upheld its legality. Strauss's point: there may be a "conflict of interest" because Investment Banker Adolph Wenzell served simultaneously as a consultant to the Government and an executive of the First Boston Corp., which helped in the project's financing. Possible loss to Dixon-Yates, if the contract is declared illegal: some $3,000,000 spent on preliminary work at the West Memphis, Ark. power-plant site...
...born Metropolitan Opera and concert soprano; of cancer; in Berlin. Famed for her repertory of about 70 roles, her command of lieder and her virtuosity (G-sharp above high C), Mme. Hempel was offered her choice of any of the three female leads in Der Rosenkavalier by Composer Richard Strauss, created the role of the Marschallin in the 1911 premiére in Berlin...