THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1957.
RECORD ROUND BY RAMSDEN GREIG
BLANCHE THEBOM LETS
THE
HER HAIR DOWN
E trouble with having hair 6ft. Gin. long, tho American mezzo-soprano, Blanche Thebom, says from personal experience, is that so many people refuse to believe it is real.
On the other hand, the lady will add rather ruefully, too many of those who do believe it is real make the inevitable jokes about being a longhair.
It has taken Blanche Thebom 13 years to acquire this hirsute and apart from phenomenon, the occasion when Giuseppe di
on it during Sefano knelt performance of Mignon and she hed to tell him to get out of my hair," it has no involved her in series Inconvenience,
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The fact that a shampto is in hour-and-halt-loug operation and that to dry the half it has to be hung over a wire coat- hanger is not considervi inconvenience.
Blanche Thebom, whose walk the vegetables 10 the amon Opera House is urcompanied by wolf porters appreciative
the truck ("When whistles drivers whistle you know you are still in the running") is that odditya mez.20- operatic soprano without a temperament. International
an o
Nor
Miss Is the rest that Thebont has to kneel "rather buckpantly" over the bathtubs durtig the operation.
Blanche Thehom is in Landım as par of the Covent Garden The of BerHor's production Trojans. Whu 1 met her this week her hair was called round her head in three neat plaits.
Death Scene
it lums out that she only leta her hair down for Berlioz- during the death scene in which she lies on a funeral pyre-and her hairdresser,
"But there is more to me than my hair," picaded Miss Thebam, 37-year-old statuesque
接
but only for Berlioz
and her hairdresser
heard on Soho Fair (Parlophone 78).
The late Fats Walter Is in bullient mood on Merry Foly Waller (HMV 45).
I'm In Love, and Luck's in Love with You are rendered in
cultured tones by Mrs Gerald Legge and the Duchess of Bed- ford (HMV 78). A bold effort. This one Is being sold for charity,
She said: "But I can tell you why many operatie singers have Our job is highly
We're rather like CLASSICAL specialised. thoroughbred racehorses-com- pared to docile cart horses,'
Miss Thebom did not say who were the docile cart horses of show business,
In private Ite Blanche Thebom Is the wife of Richard banker. Metz, an International
banker Mr As an international
about Metz can justify Jaunts the world and so keep himself in touch with his wife who this year is booked in slag South America, California end Moscow.
"Otherwise I would give up Miss completely," said unera Thebom.
Which would not do at all for the Covent Garden publicist who thinks that her six-and-a- half feet hair-do is the greatest musical gimmick since Yal Brynner shaved his off for The King and I.
By DAVID BLACK
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FICTION SHELF by PHILIP OAKES..
around there is also a brother called Peter Bolivia Agriculture. Lots of whimsy, and an after- taste of bromide and gumdropa.
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with a York backgrounds, and some atory told by a nine-year- old giri politically dangerous past, whose sharp-clawed asides (variously called Twink. Frog, wife becomes the mistress of a American female, and Grasshopper) who stare in party boss. Written with inside
play by n now American knowledge (the author escaped 'THE DISPOSSESSED.
Ward Lock, genlus, and effects a reunion from Budapest In 1847), cool, Geoffrey Wagner.
and (called about ite heroes,
com 10. Od. Classed as a constitut- between нег mother Mama Girl), and her father passionate for the victims. Very tional Inferior after being blown
Somewhere well worth reailing.
up in Libya, Richard Terrell (called Papa Boy).
Aights a losing battle for his PITY THE INNOCENT. By denilty with paychiatrists who Ethel Mannin. Jarrolds, 15 have set him among the hardly- An angry, informed at- Professional piece of special sane. pleading, inspired by the Ruth tok the psycho-analysts
unstable
which shouts a little too loud Ells ease, about the
executed for for too long. Collins, son of a woman
Powerful the shootings, her lover.
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Hutchinson, Miss Mannin's 68th Golding.
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THOSE WHO WAIT, Christine Arnothy. 13s. 6d. First novel by author of 1 am Fifteen and I Do Not Want To Die. About a of writing. Hungarian family lighting for
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Another sparkling comio
Jittle opera,
In khawn Britain gets a hearing this 011 discs. It IN monti
Cimarosa's The Secret Marriage, a gay story of a man setting out 20 woo
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be happens to married to a man who in turn is getting unwanted from overtures
snother inLo However, WOTAMI complexities of the plot won't stop anyone for moment enjoying the infectious Inuslo and Immaculate singing under the auspices of La Beala,
(Three Milan.
Columbia
brunette who comes to Britain from the New York Metropolitan Opera where she has starred for the past 10 years
LPS.) Hear Blanche Thebom on St "We
Cordet
National my John Passion (HMV 33) and mustn't
The
Youth foundation," Said the opera Tristan and Isolde (HMV 33). Orchestra (no players over muste singer who was not referring to
19, full-time what the sweet young things of
students) gives A highly the "pop" world understand the word to mean,
study
I
I'VE HEARD
At a time when every Tommy Steele, Dick and Harry seems "I got my chance to Dora flo an Ohlo family to be plucking (not always worked for as a personal secre. Expertly) at a guitar here comes tury. When I was making my Autumn in New York (Columbla which Tal Farlow gives own way I offered to pay them 33) buck They refused. So I lesson in advanced guitar formed my foundation.
"Once a year I pay for the epetatic training of a young up-and-coming. So far I have given a helping hand to eight singers."
technique. Brilliant, He handles Fla instrument like an angel at harp. There are seven Tracks all good.
More guitar playing-this time by Bert Weedon-can be
professional
account Shostakovitch's
of
itself is First Symphony and Elgar's Cockaigne Overture
(Pye LP).
Max
Bruch's relatively vielin Second Down concerto (his first is played year in, year out) gets finely conceived performL-
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THE BEST THAT EVER (addleted to expensive cars and DID IT. By Ed Lacey. Hutchin- bad jokes) who returns to his
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