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American opera singer
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- soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer, stage actor
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2020-08-31 08:38:49
After Cami, America won’t know who to call
Two months after the 1929 Wall Street crash, most of America’s businesses huddled together for survival into two large corporations – Arthur Judson’s Columbia (CAMI) and David Sarnoff’s NCAC, with Sol Hurok as its prominent talent agent. Between them, these musical versions of Hertz and Avis carved up America. If Ohio wanted an artist, it […]
2015-07-17 04:25:05
David Sarnoff, in 1966, foresaw a "global communications system of instant sight and sound that would link people everywhere." He also predicted that this futuristic network would become a capitalist bonanza.
2013-11-08 00:29:03
Lo, the Savior Approaches (Part Five) — Villa-Lobos’ ‘Magdalena,’ Broadway Bound
[…] and record the original-cast album, de rigueur for shows back then. Providentially, both Villa and “Mindinha” attended a performance of their musical adventure just as the show was about to close. According to reports, the couple was thrilled with the results. The wonderful lineup of stars assembled for the run included Metropolitan Opera diva Irra Petina as Teresa, bass Gerhard Pechner as Padre José, singer-actor John Raitt (of Carousel fame) as Pedro, soprano Dorothy Sarnoff as Maria, Czech actor-director Hugo Haas as General Carabaña, John Schickling as Zoggie, and Ferdinand Hilt as Major Blanco. American movie producer Jules Dassin directed the work for the stage, and choreographer Jack Cole handled the dance portions. Irra Petina: a souvenir from the premiere (flickr.com) Boasting a convoluted plot and exotic South American locale, this lively Latin-American extravaganza basically revamped many of Villa-Lobos’ previous themes (as critic Robert Garland was […]
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