Word: ganna
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Alexander Smith Cochran, millionaire carpet manufacturer and second husband of the now Ganna Walska McCormick, whilom opera star: " In my private yacht, Restless, I arrived in Honolulu from England via Panama. The Restless cost $500,000. She is on her maiden voyage around the world...
After ending her feud with Claudia Muzio by a loving embrace at Monte Carlo, Mary Garden became publicly reconciled with Ganna Walska McConnick and Lucian Muratore on the occasion of Muratore's debut at the Opéra Comique, Paris. And credence is being given to the report that the great tenor and the doubtful soprano will sing in the Chicago Opera next season, despite the fact that both had sworn never to do so while Mary reigned...
...Ganna Walska: "Before I sailed for Europe, reporters insulted me by asking whether I was leaving America because of unfavorable comment on my singing. I replied by stating that American newspapers go in for sensationalism. It is sensational to say: 'Ganna cannot sing.' It is not sensational to declare: ' Ganna can sing.' 'In Europe,' I added, 'newspaper men are not interested in my private life- fortunately...
...Ganna Walska McCormick will make her long-awaited Chicago debut during the week of March 12, with the Russian Opera Company now singing there...
...Ganna Walska McCormack, before making vocal advances to audiences in New York and Chicago, gave Detroit a taste of her quality. Here are some comments, taken at random from the Detroit press: "But she has not much of a voice "; "a woman of courage"; "nasal squeaks"; "sad, hopeful, handsome, ambitious, incompetent artist"; "program was mercifully brief"; "sincere worker in the field of art." Mme. Walska explains that she does not take Detroit critics seriously. Her Chicago debut has been indefinitely postponed...