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...rise to prominence was nothing short of meteoric. In 1961 he won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, made his Met debut in Cosi Fan Tutte as a last-minute substitute for an ailing tenor, and was promptly acclaimed the find of the season. In the years since, he has sung leading roles in Madame Butterfly, Simon Boccanegra and La Traviata, next season will portray Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville. "Fifteen years ago," says Shirley, "I probably wouldn't have been accepted by the Met. Ten years ago, I couldn't sing my favorite roles. Times are changing...
...chord in 6/4 time. A swelling chorus that any director would snap up for a Biblical movie epic passed into a hot-gospeling rendition of Psalm 100 ("Make a joyful noise unto the Lord"). Psalm 23 ("The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want") was a pastoral solo sung by a boy alto till the chorus interrupted with "Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?" The third and finest section of Bernstein's 18½-minute work interweaves Psalm 131 through a simple canon to a pianissimo "Amen...
...Benevento throne, who was spirited away as a baby, after her father's assassination. For reasons of state, the prince wants to marry her. Two fisherwomen immediately claim to be the princess, fall all over themselves seeking the prince's affection. The real princess (beautifully sung by Yugoslav Contralto Ruza Pospis) finally emerges, and the prince sails off with her to everlasting happiness...
...giggling patron, drops to one knee and breathes Come to Me, Bend to Me, always climaxed by a buss on the cheek. This gives way to cozy time, in which the crooner mounts a stool to sing a round of songs categorized either as upbeat (My Kind of Girl-sung with eyes open), underdog (Here's That Rainy Day-eyes downcast), inspirational (You'll Never Walk Alone-eyes upcast), parody or romantic (I Wish You Love-eyes closed...
...children's chorus, this time a ragged and nasal group called the Urchins, who keep piping up to accompany Anthony Newley's singing and Cyril Ritchard's musical declamations. But the score, by Newley and Leslie Bricusse, has some good tunes, among them Feeling Good, sung with feeling by Gilbert Price, and Who Can I Turn To, the hit of the show...