Word: battistini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...figures. Certainly the man is a prodigious veteran. He has been singing year in and year out here in America for a vast stretch. It is related that he sang the tenor role in the first American performance of La Boheme. Of course, you may mention the name of Battistini. This prodigious baritone is well past 70, and still sings regularly all over Europe. Many critics say that ten years ago, when he was 60, he was the world's greatest baritone, with a prodigiously fine voice, an exquisite and distinguished style and a personal bearing that made...