Word: germont
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scant help from a minor-league cast. As Alfredo, Tenor Daniele Barioni sang powerfully but uncertainly and sometimes off-key, acted in an emotional monotone that made his rages indistinguishable from his passions. In his U.S. debut, Italian Baritone Mario Zanasi displayed a smooth, ample voice but made his Germont pompous and wooden where he should have been dignified, faintly sentimental where he should have been compassionate...
...awakening emotion in the first act to the flexible, bitter-sweet lyricism of the last, Tebaldi superbly defined Violetta's stirrings and renunciation; moreover, she avoided flawing the role with more than the necessary touches of sentimentality and melodrama. Baritone Leonard Warren was splendid as a resonant-voiced Germont. As Alfredo, Tenor Giuseppe Cam-pora had neither enough power nor presence to hold the stage, but to appear with Tebaldi in last week's production would not have been easy for any singer. The Met crowd was clearly there to render personal homage to Tebaldi...