Word: tristan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Flagstad exhibited a voice so clear and powerful, so even throughout its range, so flawless in its phrasing that most critics went ecstatic. Four days later came Tristan und Isolde and all hats were in the air. Flagstad could sing. Though she indulged in no pyrotechnics, she was quietly effective as she raised the cup, offered the love potion to Tristan. Again at the end she reached rare heights when, with her voice still fresh and sure, she kneeled beside Tristan's body and sang the demanding Liebestod...
Thereafter whenever Flagstad sang, the house was crowded to the doors and Tristan und Isolde became the season's bestseller. Question on every side was where such a singer had been keeping herself. Answer was that for 20 years she had had an uneventful career in Norway, singing at the Oslo Opera house where her talent was taken for granted...
Aside from a single Tristan und Isolde, poorly sung but flamingly conducted by Walter, Salzburg this year heard little of Wagner. It liked best the effete Viennese gaiety of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, the bubbling Italian gaiety of Verdi's Falstaff, the pure charm of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, Il Seraglio, Figaro. Toscanini electrified audiences with Beethoven's Fidelio but he also made a great point of reviving a disused ''Reformation" symphony by Mendelssohn, banned in Germany because its composer was a Jew. This he played last Sunday in a broadcast...
...Cleveland last spring 5,400 people heard a symphony orchestra step out of bounds and give three stirring performances of Tristan und Isolde under Conductor Artur Rodzinski. This autumn the Philadelphia Orchestra Association emulated Cleveland's example with a Tristan which was a forerunner of ten operas to come (TIME...
...taxicab accident was his excuse for missing last week's Tristan. But Philadelphians were no more concerned than when he decided to go hatless, scold subscribers, ride a hobby horse at rehearsals. Stokowski had ''taxi trouble" in 1927 after which he took a leave of absence. He was "hit" again in Manhattan in 1930 when his performances with the Philharmonic suffered in comparison with those of Arturo Toscanini. Stokowski's position in Philadelphia was strengthened materially when his great admirer Curtis Bok lately became president of the Orchestra.* And it is an open secret that Manager...