Word: figlia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...production was La Figlia del Diavolo (The Devil's Daughter), an unfamiliar approach to the old story of Salome, in which Composer Virgilio Mortari, 51, lightens Salome's character considerably while blackening still more that of her evil mother Herodias. In the Mortari approach, Herodias is literally the devil incarnate, and the part demands a mezzo-soprano who can sing, act and dance for close to 50 minutes almost without pause, and-not least-look devilishly attractive. Mortari and La Scala thought it over, last November offered the part to Rise...
...audience gave Figlia sufferance while clapping up seven enthusiastic curtain calls for the cast itself. Afterward, exhausted but unfazed by the prospect of mixed reviews, Mezzo Stevens stood up stoutly for the opera. "It has a lot of melody," she said. "I was very excited right from the start. Acting-wise it was wonderful for me. Besides, nobody could compare me with anybody...
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