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...twelve o'clock noon!" Five thousand Italians (standing at Fascist salute on Genoa piers as the Rex sailed with Citizen Walker aboard at the last minute): "Viva Italia!" U. S. Ambassador to Italy John Work Garrett (a passenger) : "The ship is magnificent-so luxurious, spacious and comfortable!" Ginlio Gatti-Casazza: "I am sure all Italian people are proud of the creation of their skilled and artistic countrymen. Every part of the Rex was made in Italy...
Like football fans waiting to hear who will play in the backfield, Manhattan operagoers have been waiting to hear what stars would sing in the Metropolitan's long-debated 1932-33 season. Last week as he sailed for Europe Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza announced the changes. Soprano Maria Jeritza will no longer sing with the company. Mr. Gatti has had to cut his cloth to fit a season one-third shorter than usual. Jeritza and 26 others whose contracts expired have been dropped from the roster. Tenor Beniamino Gigli had a long-term contract but he chose to leave...
...company which gives opera every night needs several leading tenors. Tenor Gigli inherited many of his best roles from the late great Enrico Caruso. To succeed Gigli Mr. Gatti has chosen Tenor Tito Schipa, another short, plump Italian, lately of the Chicago Civic Opera.* Also from Chicago will come Frida Leider, great Wagnerian Soprano long coveted by the Metropolitan. Tenor Gustaaf de Loor and Basso-Baritone Ludwig Hofmann will strengthen the German wing. Four new Americans are on the list: Tenor Richard Crooks, Soprano Helen Gleason. Contralto Rose Bampton, Baritone Richard Bonelli. Three operas will be added to the repertoire...
...week was no exception. The subscription sale opened for the shortened hwa season, went better than it has :or 25 years. Baritone Clarence White-lill's contract expired and as he announced lis departure, his intention to enter motion pictures, he took a parting thrust at Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza: "The Metropolitan is an Italian institution...
...Gatti became personal too: "He [Baritone Whitehill] asked me to give him a contract for next season with possibly a larger number of performances than during the past season. ... I was very sorry to be unable to accede to his request, for two reasons: ) because his vocal condition in the past few years was such that complaints had been made by patrons of the opera; 2) because, having reduced the duration of the season from 24 to 16 weeks we already had enough contracts with other artists and were unable to offer him an engagement...