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...Socialist Carmen Calvó, a former minister of culture, was blunt: "I don't like them at all. They're antiquated." United Left leader Gaspar Llamazares, objecting in particular to the Franco-esque ring of that "Viva España!," called them "stale." Artur Mas, leader of the Catalan party Convergence I Unio, sniped, "With words like this, I don't think you'll see me singing it much." Even the conservative Popular Party, which has made the addition of anthem lyrics part of its campaign platform, could manage only a tepid response. "They don't seem...
Sopranos Emma Calvé, Emmy Destinn, Olive Fremstad, Marcella Sembrich, Marion Talley; Tenors Nino Martini, Lauritz Melchior; Baritone Pasquale Amato; Violinist Efrem Zimbalist...
Like Tetrazzini, Soprano Calvé tried to cash in on her name with a U.S. vaudeville tour, in 1927. Then she returned to Millau, where she owned a fortress-like château, to raise sheep, train younger singers, entertain elderly gallants. She sold the château before World...
Vichy dispatches were brief, but in her mountain village Emma Calvé had probably long been cold, ill, half-starved. Most old ladies in France are, these days...
Died. Emma Calvé, 83, soprano of "Opera's golden age"; in Millau, France...