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"THE ART OF THEODOR UPPMAN".(Review)
Theodor Uppman "THE ART OF THEODOR UPPMAN" Arias and songs by Verdi, Massenet, Bizet, Strauss, Foster, Mill, Vaughan Williams, Hahn and others; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Vorhees. VAI Audio VAIA 1181
This CD, drawn from Bell Telephone Hour radio broadcasts from 1954-57, is a wonderful reminder of the persuasive artistry of baritone Theodor Uppman, who celebrates his eighty-first birthday this month. He was the first Billy Budd in Britten's opera (in 1951) and, three decades later, was in the first cast of Bernsteins A Quiet Place. In between, he sang almost 400 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, plus numerous recitals. The first thing likely to strike a listener to this diverse collection of arias and songs is the sheer sound of Uppman's baritone: gorgeous, warm and very natural-sounding. Close behind will be admiration for his superb English diction. Uppman's rendition of ...
- Bell Telephone Calling.(musical DVDs from Bell Telephone Hour TV show)
- Magazine article from: National Review NORDLINGER, JAY September 30, 2002 700+ words
...Toscanini reigned supreme in NBC's Studio 8-H. Leonard Bernstein staged his Young People's Concerts. And The Bell Telephone Hour had a run from 1959 to 1968. You could see about anything on the Hour: a jazz band, Maria Tallchief and Rudolf Nureyev...
- Baritone James Westman makes good on the promise of a leading boy soprano.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada So, Joseph March 22, 1998 700+ words
...role, and I have done excerpts from it, would be Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor." Billy Budd is another dream role: "Theodor Uppman, the original Billy, gave me the score and signed it when I was at the Sutherland-Bonynge masterclass. I think it is...
- `Billy Budd' opera tragic, wonderful.(Arts)(Television)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Ponick, T.L. May 31, 1998 700+ words
...baritone Dwayne Croft as Billy. When "Billy Budd" debuted, the title character was sung by the young American baritone Theodor Uppman, who soon became a featured singer at the Metropolitan Opera. But the Met would not mount a performance until 1978, some...
- Reunion: Teresa Zylis-Gara
- Magazine article from: Opera News Shengold, David September 1, 2009 700+ words
...same year, in world-class company - not only Siepi but Martina Arroyo, Peter Schreier, Judith Raskin, Geraint Evans, Theodor Uppman and John Macurdy. Zylis-Gara remembers the whole experience with great emotion. "Work with that great artist Cesare...
- Music; Soaring, Scoring Songs
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Roy Guenther April 13, 1989 700+ words
...finalists sing a four-hour marathon concert of five dozen lieder and arias before a crowd of about 200, including judges Theodor Uppman, Paul Sperry and Marcia Baldwin, who held responsibility for distributing prizes totaling nearly $18,000. Top prizes...
- Making your product available by telephone. (Sales Ideas that Work)
- Magazine article from: American Salesman Pollock, Ted July 1, 1989 700+ words
...calling, and sales increased. The Telephone Hour Some salespeople have found it worthwhile...home fittings to initiate a weekend telephone hour. The customer, signing an order...evening. So Sunday evening became a telephone hour and the surprised salesperson found...
- Great Stars of Opera. (DVDs).(Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil September 22, 2001 700+ words
Telecasts from the Bell Telephone Hour, 1959-1966 Various artists. The Bell Telephone Orchestra...historic document and a must-have for any collector. The Bell Telephone Hour ran on television from 1959 until 1968. During those nine...
- Holding court; BSO in session, the honorable James DePreist presiding; DePreist...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. January 14, 2000 700+ words
...because when she was singing live on television on the Bell Telephone Hour, she would just have been in Philadelphia washing dishes or something. And after each Bell Telephone Hour concert program she would call my mother, and I couldn't...
