Hurok
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Impresario Sol Hurok, who had championed opera star Marian Anderson, persuaded her to become an opera singer and landed her a pivotal audition with the City Opera.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2017
But at least you’ll have something to think about while you’re watching stuff get blowed up—even if it’s not, in the immortal words of SCTV’s Billy Sol Hurok, getting blowed up real good.
From Time • Jun. 24, 2016
His first job as a teen-ager had been as a part-time usher at the Met, and he worked for the classical-music impresario Sol Hurok.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 16, 2015
"When we came there in 1971, that was a Sol Hurok tour."
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2014
In the midst of all this controversy, Walter White and Sol Hurok began to discuss the possibility of a free outdoor concert by Anderson.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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