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Divorced. Lina Cavalieri Chanler Muratore, 53, opera singer, from Lucien Muratore, 49, opera singer; in Paris. She charged desertion...
Sued for Divorce. Lucien Muratore, 49, onetime actor with Réjane and Bernhardt, more recently famed as tenor of the Chicago Grand Opera Association; by Lina Cavalieri Chanler Muratore, 53, opera singer, in Paris. In 1912 she divorced Robert Winthrop Chanler, grandson of John Jacob Astor; he was supposed to have given her a large part of his fortune, which brought from his brother, John Armstrong Chanler, who had changed his name to Chaloner due to a difference with his family over his sanity, a now famed telegram: "Who's looney now?" In 1914 she married Lucien Muratore...
...Delivered by him at the time of the marriage of his gigantic brother, onetime Sheriff "Bob"; Chanler, to Lina Cavalieri...
...with its natural animosities between singers; that Miss Garden, with her inspired caprices, least of all was of a temperament for the job. Feuds and scandals immediately broke out. Muratore and Garden conducted a duel that was immense. There had been bad blood of long standing between Garden and Cavalieri, Muratore's wife. The deficit became a sum for awe and admiration. The New York appearance, especially ill-managed, lost heavily. The financial backing was not kept in line. Harold McCormick drew out. Garden grew disgusted with managership. One season (1921-22) was enough...
Muratore sang before a brilliant audience reminiscent of the days before yesterday. Miss Garden stood up in her box and applauded frantically while the tenor's wife, Lina Cavalieri, looked on. Mrs. McCormick was in the box next to Miss Garden and gave evidences of divine friendliness...