Word: conservatorio
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Born in Rome in 1966, Bartoli was raised in a highly musical family with parents, Silvana Bazzoni and Angelo Bartoli, who were professional singers. The young Bartoli trained at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, while also acquiring much of her musical knowledge and developing her talent through parental coaching...
...black-faced baby, prayed to the Virgin of the nearby monastery of Montserrat, a statue sculpted in wood that has become so darkened by age and candle smoke fhat it is known as the Black Virgin. Daughter of an industrial chemist, Caballé was enrolled in Barcelona's Conservatorio del Liceo at nine, worked as a seamstress to pay for her tuition, graduated at 23 with every honor in sight. Wed last year in the Montserrat monastery to Spanish Tenor Bernabé Martí, whom she met while singing Madama Butterfly in Barcelona, she says, "I am probably...
...from University of Barcelona professors. She was the daughter of a campus caretaker, and to the delight of the students and the annoyance of the teachers, her childish singing could be heard in the classrooms. But the professors recognized her talent, urged her to study at Barcelona's Conservatorio del Liceo. She did, for three years, then quit to work by herself. In 1947, assured by admirers that she could walk away with the first prize in Geneva's International Contest, she tried, and won the unanimous vote of the judges. The concert bookings, and triumphs in London...
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