Word: almaviva
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Alessandro Bonci, 70, onetime tenor for the Metropolitan, Manhattan and Chicago Opera Companies, temperamental rival of the great Enrico Caruso; in Rome. Famed for his roles of Rodolfo in Puccini's La Boheme, Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in Rossini's Barber of Seville, diminutive Bonci was long on technique, short on volume, made up in lyrical effect what he lacked in lung power...