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...Angeles are still able to transform what is essentially a vocalise into something quite thrilling, for they seem to believe, at least for the duration of the aria, that it is really a terrific piece of music, and that they are singing it better than it has ever been sung before...
Directed by Marseille-born Composer-Playwright Louis Ducreux, the ambitious production had two curtains, four sets, and no fewer than 265 costumes designed by famed Painter Bernard Buffet. In the title role was the Metropolitan Opera's Regina Resnik, who has sung Carmen all over the world. Don José was U.S.-born Richard Martell, a tenor who once sang with the San Francisco Opera and has built a fine European reputation...
Grantland Rice, choosing Peabody for his Collier's Magazine All-American team, sung his praises more colorfully...
...Angeles exhumes some of the neglected treasures of Spanish song with happy results. The songs for the most part deal with unrequited love ("So sharp is my desire/ Sweet lady, and my pain/ I feel my life expire/ Yet dare not to complain"), and they are beautifully sung-with opulence of tone and an engaging air of gentle melancholy...
Although most persons in the stands were primarily concerned with the battle being fought on the field, talk of Cuba and the international crisis was heard everywhere. There was a special fervor in the crowd when the "Star Spangled Banner" was sung...