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...that has been brilliantly successful with other Wagner operas. Musically, Bayreuth's Dutchman was superior. Listeners were especially pleased with the Metropolitan Opera's statuesque Soprano Astrid Varnay as Senta. Most popular opera of Bayreuth's season thus far: Tannhduser, with the role of Wolfram sensitively sung by Germany's young (30) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, a rising new baritone...
...instead of icy perfection. Surprise of the program was a snippet from Coppélia, choreographed in 1896 by Danish Hans Beck after the French ballet-master, Saint-Léon. If the Delibes music was as familiar as an old song, the peasanty dancing was like hearing it sung in another language, and audiences loved the piquant combination...
...Annunzio's mystery play of 1911. Its five scenes: Court of Lilies, the Magic Chamber, Council of the False Gods, the Stricken Laurel and Paradise. Debussy's vaporous music is ideal for the eerie atmosphere of miracles and superstition, and there are some exquisite songs sung in Danco's exquisite soprano...
Schubert. Brahms and Strauss songs, sung by Soprano Kirsten Flagstad (Victor) ; Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, played by members of the Vienna Octet (London) ; Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, narrated by 13-year-old Brandon (Member of the Wedding) de Wilde...
Alexander will present the colors of the Class of 1955 to representatives of the Class of 1958. Then the Class Ode, by George E. Valiant, will be sung by the seniors, under the direction of the Class Chorister, Jonathan Steinberg. A benediction from Buttrick will close the program...