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Word: elisire (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tenor Tito Schipa, who sang leading roles with the Chicago Civic Opera Company until it disbanded last spring (TIME, July 4), appeared in L'Elisir d'Amore as the timid rustic who gets tipsy on a love potion taken to help him win the village belle. Schipa was not so slapstick in the role as Tenor Gigli, whom he is replacing. His voice is lighter. But he sings Italian arias with the old-fashioned sentiment which the galleries adore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPERA: Debuts at The Metropolitan | 12/5/1932 | See Source »

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