Word: strausses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long wanted to bring Richard Strauss's Salome back to its boards. But since its last performance five years ago, with George Szell in the pit, and Soprano Lily D janel swirling Salome's seven veils, the Met had been unable to get the right conductor-singer team together to do it again, and do it well. And with New York's upstart City Opera Company getting bravos for its lively, scaled-down production (TIME, Dec. 13), the Met knew that if it revived Salome at all, it would have to be mighty good...
...they will. There can be no substitute for a creator, a Wagner, a Strauss--but we have Rubenstein, and Horowitz and Casadesus and scores of others. We can do without Herr Gieseking and all the others who prosperred in the slaughter house. Donald M. Blinken...
Smart Director Laszlo Halasz has little money to work with. On his last night in Manhattan's City Center, he put on Richard Strauss's Salome as a dress rehearsal for his Chicago opening. He wasn't worried. Said Director Halasz: "My kids are like soldiers. They wait for their cue, and then when it is time they sing. They know if they don't sing there will be trouble tomorrow...
...Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Victor, 9 sides). Though Zarathustra hasn't much to say, Conductor Rodzinski doesn't miss a word. Recording: good...
Thayer Middle chalked up its third straight victory yesterday to take undisputed possession of first place in the Yard intramural touch football's American League. At the same time, Lionel packed up its third in a row to tie Strauss for top spot in the National circuit...