Word: amico
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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When Grover Cleveland was President of the U. S., an opera by Mascagni called L'Amico Frits was put on at the Metropolitan. Emma Calve, lovely songstress, appeared in the prima donna role. That was the last time the opera was given until last week...
...Metropolitan revival is important in the musical season, but no revival could be less important than this because no one has ever been enthusiastic about L'Amico Fritz. It is harmlessly sentimental - a country maid throws violets (violet song) and cherries (cherry song) at an Alsatian landowner, and the landowner joins in a final duet: "lo t'amo, t'amo, o dolce mio tesor...
Among the operas rumored for production at the Metropolitan next year are Weber's Die Freischuts, Massanet's Roi d'Lahore, Mascagni's Amico Frits, Wagner's Die Meistersingers and Mozart's Don Giovanni...