Word: battinelli
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...audience greeted Soprano Maria Battinelli's quavering first-act cadenzas with unrestrained boos and whistles that served to unnerve both singers and musicians. The singers soon lost their pitch, and the boys in the orchestra joined them in helpless cacophony as the audience went wild in fury. Only the night sticks of the carabinieri induced peace after the melee, and everyone went home agreeing that it was a lousy evening-but viva Verdi, anyway...
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