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...singers now in the Met's excellent chorus rarely falter, but when one does, standard procedure is to look for a cue from a buxom, 65-year-old mezzo-soprano named Marguerite Belleri. Says she: "If I cry, they cry. If I smile or attack, they do it, too." Last week, the company's senior chorister was honored for her 50th year with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fifty Years at the Met | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

With Caruso. While a generation of stars has come and gone, Chorister Belleri has slipped out of the stage door at night after the fall of the great golden curtain and boarded the subway for her home in Jackson Heights, often with a score tucked under her arm. "I always try to look my best on the subway," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fifty Years at the Met | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

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