Word: confalonieri
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Carlo Confalonieri, 65, has given up his favorite sport of mountain climbing, which he practiced as a sergeant in World War I. Son of a cabinetmaker in the north Italian town of Seveso, he was aide and confidant of Achille Cardinal Ratti, both as Archbishop of Milan and as Pope Pius XI. Since 1950, he has served in Rome as secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities...
...white-tied Milanese cheered up half a dozen curtain calls for leading Soprano Maria Callas and Bernstein, leaned into the orchestra pit to compliment the musicians, and filed out into the plush lobby gesticulating to each other like conductors. The" critics chimed in. Bernstein, wrote top Critic Giulio Confalonieri, is "absolutely predestined to music." Milan's eminent Corriere della Sera called him "indisputably brilliant." One of few sour notes came from an elderly admirer: "He's an American...
...Giulio Confalonieri, critic of Il Tempo, came armed with a shrill whistle. He also brought along seven friends, similarly equipped. The curtain was barely up when they cut loose. From there on, through three acts, it was bedlam...