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Subject: Re: William Warfield(was "Am I too old")
Date sent: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:51:32 PST
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I saw him about six years ago with the Philadelphia Orchestra, narrating a
concert performance of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex." Fine performance!

I taped the 1950 "Show Boat" off of TCM last week, intending to watch it for
him and for Marge and Gower Champion.


>From: Molly McLinden
>
>I saw him on TV on the local news over the holidays.
>He is in his 80s, I think, and is still performing
>Copland's songs (with a mic, now) to audiences of his
>peers...seniors in the Chicago area..and they love it
>and so does he!
>
>-Molly-


Elizabeth Finkler
mightymezzo-at-hotmail.com

"An enemy can partially ruin a man, but it takes a well-meaning and
injudicious friend to really finish the job and make it perfect." --Mark
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson"

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