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...make him the most popularly known singer in the U. S. He was given increasingly important roles at the Metropolitan: Amonasro in Aida, Telramund in Lohengrin, Wolfram in Tannhauser, King Eadgar in The King's Henchman, Colonel Ibbetson in Peter Ibbetson, Jonny in Jonny Spielt Auf, the elder Germont in La Traviata, Sheriff Jack Ranee in The Girl of the Golden West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: O'Neill into Opera | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

Last night Clare Clairbert, Belgian coloratura soprano in her U. S. début, sang coolly, sweetly, well the wanton Violette in Verdi's once frowned-on La Traviata, opposite Beniamino Gigli's capable Alfred Germont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: International A? | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

...Chicago a U. S. singer unknown to fame, one Richard Bonelli, made his début as Germont Sr. in La Traviata. He proved to have one of those baritone voices that make connoisseurs think of the golden, summery booming of an enormous bee. The audience called him out for endless curtain calls. Said critics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Notes | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

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