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Between the acts at WCRB, host John Fisher ballyhoos for breaking the fine-sound barrier
Prudence took to visitor Tozzi, stayed on lop for afternoon. Below, guess who? J.F. napping between the operatic acts in San Juan.
Over the coffee cups at friend's Quincy home — Luclne Amoro and "fan." John soys this Is best photo of him ever taken, bar none.
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I OSTONIAN John Fisher is a "classical case" of the fan grown up and in a position to make his enthusiasm felt on a pretty wide scale. Only difference about John as "fan" — along in his twenties he switched his allegiance from movie star to opera diva. Host of a weekly recorded-opera broadcast over WCRB, AM and FM (Wednesdays at 8:30 P.M.) and a daily semi-classical concert (from 9 to 11 A.M.), John is also director of the new Boston Opera Group and founder-president of the Lucine Amara Music Club, a national fan organization whose letterhead boasts the greats of the opera world and whose agenda, a growing music -scholarship fund. . . . Though John was a "music ear" since toddler days, in school, he was metamorphosed into a regular moviebug — to the despair of his teachers. First on his fanletter list was Bette Davis, and, thanks to his powers of persuasion, he got to meet his idol several years later when, as a Navy corpsman stationed near Hollywood, he was invited to her home. Arriving at three, at her insistence John never left till 1 A.M., as the star graciously barbecued steaks for him and her family, showed slides and, in general, made it an evening to remember
for the service-youngster 3,000 miles from home. ... A graduate of Pomfret (Connecticut) School and Boston University, John entered broadcasting as a staff announcer in Rochester. Discjockey jobs in Nashua and Quincy followed, after which he returned to the Hub City. . . . No doubt because of his very "unstuffy" manner of presentation, John's opera program attracts and holds a large audience. But to the host, as to his listeners, it's a toss-up which is more fun — opera or opera-stars. Asked his opinion on the Callas-Tebaldi "feud," he retorts: "It's never been proved there really is one. They both have undeniable strengths . . . and weaknesses, like any other artists." Speaking in general of today's performers, John says he admires singers from every country but believes it's the American diva who "has everything . . . she's sexy, she can sing . . . and act." John cites his huge mail-draw as evidence of the growing good-music kick. "And it's not just the 'culturevultures,' either," says John, "but people from every occupation and economic level. . . . Opera is entertainment," he insists, and anything one John Fisher can do to unbar the house of music will make him happy.
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