Word: caruso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...existential hero has drifted into a genuine sinkhole. He hates Papadakis, with his affinity for cheap wine and Caruso records, but he suddenly finds himself wanting this woman, so badly that he can't even keep anything in his stomach. It's obvious that Chambers and Cora are on some cutting edge that Papadakis will never know Papadakis loves America. He goes out to get a twenty-foot neon sign which shows an American flag shaking hands with a Greek flag. Chambers is nowhere near that state of mind. While Papadakis is gone. Chambers and Cora go after each other...
...Advising Younger Artists. I only know this-you can't give advice to an artist. Could I tell Caruso that he's got to sing or that he's got to take lessons? Caruso was born with a voice. Then of course he cultivated it. Without equipment you can give advice until doomsday and it's no good. To the persons that feel-and they have a right to fulfill that-that they want to give their life to what they are doing, I say, sure, go to work, just work, and the work will invite...
...friend Lord Snowdon. Aurally acute listeners to Chance may recognize the voice of Comedian Stan Laurel. Although he was unmusical offscreen, he could become an opera star if the part required it. "Peter couldn't sing a bloody note," recalled Actor Wilfrid Hyde-White. "Yet when he sang Caruso, he took high Cs like Caruso." Throughout his career, Sellers stole or copied mannerisms of people he came across. First, he said, "I work on the voice. Perhaps this comes from my radio days. After that I establish how the character walks. And then suddenly something strange happens. The person...
...certainly won't be able to replace Italy, where every stone has a history," Ussia says. "We'll mainly be catering to the new generation--they're just discovering new heroes." For example, Ussia describes a youngster who has just learned about opera tenor Enrico Caruso: "He'll be able to go to the audio room, check out a tape, and listen to tapes of Caruso's operas...