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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain Unstirred By New Anthem | 1/15/2008 | See Source »

Sopranos Emma Calvé, Emmy Destinn, Olive Fremstad, Marcella Sembrich, Marion Talley; Tenors Nino Martini, Lauritz Melchior; Baritone Pasquale Amato; Violinist Efrem Zimbalist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Music's Moneybags | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Carmen Dies | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Carmen Dies | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

Died. Emma Calvé, 83, soprano of "Opera's golden age"; in Millau, France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 19, 1942 | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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