Word: amonasro
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Small, barrel-chested Baritone Carlo Tagliabue of Milan's La Scala appropriately strutted the proscenium as Ethiopia's Ras Amonasro in Aida. Looking club-footed in high-heeled stage shoes, Mr. Tagliabue was not so bad that the critics had to boo him. But Gina Cigna (Aida) sang more than one of her Numi Pietàs a quarter of a tone flat, while greying Giovanni Martinelli (Radames) eked out aging vocal chords with a veteran's caginess...
...commanding stage presence and a fine flair for acting. As Amneris she was regal enough to be a king's daughter. Throughout the performance she maintained more of the grand manner than any one on the stage, although John Charles Thomas projected a noble dignity as the captive Amonasro, Aïda's Haile Selassie...
...Tibbett's homerun in Falstaff earned him a $1,500 bonus from the Metropolitan management and opportunities which, stretching out into four distinct musical fields, combined to make him the most popularly known singer in the U. S. He was given increasingly important roles at the Metropolitan: Amonasro in Aida, Telramund in Lohengrin, Wolfram in Tannhauser, King Eadgar in The King's Henchman, Colonel Ibbetson in Peter Ibbetson, Jonny in Jonny Spielt Auf, the elder Germont in La Traviata, Sheriff Jack Ranee in The Girl of the Golden West...
...formerly with La Scala, now opera conductor of NBC) surrounded by an orchestra of 90 men, most of them from the Cleveland Orchestra. Three operators regulated a $25,000 amplification system which used horns six ft. long.* Anne Roselle was Aïda. Paul Althouse, Rhadames, Pasquale Amato was Amonasro. Critics credited them with "signal ability . . . abundant breadth and vigor . . . impressive operatic authority...