Word: debutanted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this winter Lotte Lehmann has given 22 concerts, made her radio debut as Toscanini's chosen soloist and sung three times at the Metropolitan Opera House. Her last Metropolitan performance coincided last week with the conclusion of the Wagner Cycle (TIME, Feb. 12). The opera was Die Meistersinger and Eva who has always seemed a dull heroine suddenly bloomed forth as a charming young person, very much in love. Critics who marvel at the warm eloquence of Lotte Lehmann's singing, the contralto richness that holds to the high est notes, again complained because they had to wait...
...piano. When a football accident made him an invalid for four years he improved his voice. At 19 he began five years of study under Tanara. After a season of concert work, he had William Brady develop his voice for three years more. He made his debut in 1929 as Tonio. the clown in Pagliacci. His fine full baritone made him a favorite in Chicago where he sang with Samuel Insull's Civic Opera Company for five seasons. As his operatic fame increased, Robert Ringling began to show an interest in his family's affairs. Before the Chicago...
...Raymond Knight, a National Broadcasting Company announcer who mastered the ceremonies from a grandtier box. He had written a comical libretto called "A Half Century of Progress." Lily Pons was the Metropolitan in infancy. Ponselle's bicycle act was for the gay '90's. An important debut was remembered for 1906 and white-haired Geraldine Farrar bowed from the audience. Then Tenor Melchior appeared as the 1907 Salome, did the Dance of the Seven Veils to show why the Metropolitan's directors objected...
Loew's Orpheum--"Nana." The much publicized Anna Sten takes her debut via Zola; she has a certain peasant-like charm but seems miscast. Recommended to the Dietrich clan...
Loew's Orpheum--"Nana." The much publicized Anna Sten makes her debut via Zola; she has a certain peasant-like charm but seems miscast. Recommended to the Dietrick clan...