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...years Bidu gave Rio a wide berth. Reason: in her last appearance there in 1940 she was booed and hissed by a claque. The claque had been hired, cried she, by a jealous operatic impresario named Gabriella Besanzoni. Bidu swore she would return only when Besanzoni was out of power. Last week in true operatic fashion, Gabriella - now retired -swooped backstage after the first night's performance. Gabriella, dressed in full-length ermine, gathered Sayao into her arms and kissed her on both cheeks...
Thirty years ago Italian-born Gabriella Besanzoni was one of the world's topflight Carmens (La Scala). Then she married Brazil's millionaire banker and industrialist. Henrique Lage. In Rio, Madame Lage held sway at smart soirees, horsed her way into Brazilian society's front ranks...
...late, war's austerity and Senhor Lage's death had dimmed hei glory. Last week, weary of obscurity, Gabriella Besanzoni announced that, because she was grateful to God, she would have Mass said on the pinnacle of Corcovado Mountain...
Next to Corcovado Mountain (topped by a giant, illuminated Christ in concrete), the most spectacular sight in Rio is busty, bediamonded Gabriella Besanzoni Lage, an ex-opera singer. Last week these two spectacles got together...
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