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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1947)
Salvatore BaccaloniConcert Artist, Boasts Unusual Record By JUNE FITZGIBBONS Salvatore Baccaloni, the first guest star in the concert series, has an unusual background. The in sert of basso buffo which often ap pears after his name refers to his voice range; he has the qualities of both a bass and a tenor. Baccaloni was born in Rome and started his musical training at the age of six. When he entered col lege however, he was not consider ing music at all, but turned to the field of architecture. Because of the persuasion of a friend, he later forgot his degree in architecture and his job to start singing again. Toscanini heard him and the story of the talent discov ery followed. The first part Baccaloni played on the New York stage after ar riving in this country was that of a lovesick, foolish, old bachelor in "Don Pasquale." He was such a, /success and drawing card from; then an that he always plays the comic part in the operas now. Weighing 300 pounds and hav ing a definite stage personality, Baccaloni has been quoted as say ing he likes the ridiculous roles he plays and that he could never ac complish the necessary physique for the hero anyway. He has played 160 roles in five different languages and he has been connected with such organiza tions as the Chicago Ope^'a com pany, the Metropolitan opera, and the leading companies in England and the continent. Known as a willing and sincere artist, Baccaloni is popular with his workers. If his voice ever fails him, the legitimate stage would instant ly utilize his abilities as an actor. Baccaloni has said that he hopes to one day combine his knowledge of the theater and architecture for the glorification of stage designing. 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Sandgren’s original interest was watercolors, but recently he has also done work in oil. Both media will be shown in the forthcoming exhibition. Earl Curtis is a native of Port land, and attended the University receiving his bachelor of science degree in 1940. After leaving the University, Curtis studied at the Cooper Union in New York City for a year and a half. His work there was interrupted while he served 27 months in the Marine' corps, after which he re turned to do free-lance commercial work. Curtis, who was a graduate as sistant in the University of Ore gon painting and drawing depart ment last year, specialized in oil painting. Air Show of '43 Series Recalled By KEN METZL.AR The World Series is over, and al though the New York Yankees won, the students will probably agree that it was a tight series and the Dodgers kept it interesting by providing plenty of excitement. In another world series in 1943, excitement of another kind was provided during a few moments as Your Name Your Product in This Space WILL REACH AN EAGER STUDENT MARKET Oregon Emerald army B-17 bombers, one of which was piloted by Robert Sheets, a University of Oregon student ma joring in foreign trade, hedge hopped over Yankee Stadium and caused irate city officials to de mand immediate disciplinary ac tion by the army. Spectators, how ever, seemed to enjoy the “air show.” For those who don’t recall the incident, here are hte details as reported by the press associations. On October 5 during the series opener at Yankee stadium, an army B-17 bomber flew low over the field, swung back, and five-min utes later hedge-hopped over the stadium grand stands. Mayor La Guardia was highly displeased about the matter demanding an immediate reprimand by the army. Actually, declared Sheets, there were four planes taking part in the episode, each making one pass over the stadium. Sheets said they just couldn’t resist the temptation. The planes had been buzzing farmers all the way from Florida to Maine, terminating the excitement by the flight over the stadium. In the meantime orders had come through re-routing the planes to Mitchell field, New York, instead of Maine, as had been iriginally planned. “When we turned up at Maine after all,” mused Sheets, “They (the army) knew right away who it was that had done the buzz ing.” Sheets interrupted his education here in 1940 to begin a world cir cuit jaunt. After traveling to the Philippines, China, Japan and Sin gapore, he gave up the trip, came back and entered the army in Jan uary, 1942. The 28-year-old veter an of 36 combat missions over Ger many declared that he has “kind of calmed down a bit since that sta dium flight. You get to realize the danger as you get older,” he added. ?** \ or radio idoas —pl*ls •' short storio*. 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