Word: appari
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German Composer Friedrich von Flotow (1812-83) wrote about a score of operas for the theaters of Paris, but only Martha remained in the repertory. As late as the 1920s it was a smash at the Met, with Caruso periodically igniting the house with the tenor aria "M'appari." The only other scrap of the opera likely to be familiar to modern audiences is The Last Rose of Summer, which Flotow lifted from a book of Irish folk songs, where it was known as The Groves of Blarney. When Berlioz heard Soprano Adelina Patti sing the air, he remarked...
Victor's Raymond Sooy was responsible for the new version of Vesti la giubba which, with M'Appari from Marta on the reverse side, was put on sale last week in record shops all over the U. S. Raymond Sooy. who engineered the making of the original Caruso records, felt that full justice had to be done to his friend's voice. He consulted Conductor Nathaniel Shilkret, Victor's able handyman, who proceeded to memorize Caruso's interpretations, each long held note, each sob and sigh. Conductor Shilkret donned earphones, then summoned his orchestra...
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