Word: caniglia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Before the opening performance buxom Neapolitan Soprano Maria Caniglia was found crawling about the Met's splintery stage in search of bent nails. Reason: An old Neapolitan superstition that bent nails mean luck. She found a half dozen, toted them about with her while she sang the part of Desdemona in the season's opener, Otello. Thus equipped, Soprano Caniglia sang lustily, was lustily choked in the last act by Tenor Giovanni Martinelli (Otello) who finally covered her face with a pillow. The performance over, she had the ecstatic satisfaction (see cut) of being smothered again by flowers...
...Carlsten, c.f. 4 1 1 2 0 0 Wilner, 2b. 2 1 1 2 3 1 Walker, s.s. 4 1 1 1 1 0 Graupner, r.f. 4 0 1 3 1 0 Becker, 2b. 4 0 0 2 2 0 Slaughter, l.f. 3 0 0 1 0 0 Caniglia, c. 3 0 0 3 2 0 Callaghan, 1b. 3 0 2 13 0 0 Masters, p. 3 0 0 0 5 0 Totals...
HARVARD PENNSYLVANIA Bassett, r.f. c.f., Carlsten Nugent, 2b. 2b., Wilner McGrath, 1b. s.s., Walker Ticknor, c..f r.f., Graupner Wood, s.s. 3b., Becker Lupien, l.f. l.f., Slaughter Des Roches, 3b. c., Caniglia Fincke, c. 1b., Callaghan Devens, p. p., Peterson or Masters...