Word: gonsalvo
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There Dubosc was her teacher and Gonsalvo her constant companion. Dubosc realized her capabilities, pointed her far. Gonsalvo betrayed her, scorned her, until it was a half-crazed creature, without ambition, almost without voice, whom Dubosc mercifully took to Paris. There she met Raymond who was young. They lived together, went to Tours together where Dubosc had arranged for Helma's apprenticeship. In Tours she was soon the prima donna, successful because she was healthy, worked hard, sang splendidly. John O'Brien, a visiting tenor, heard her, got her an engagement in Paris. Then came the problem...
...divorced and in the War he died. Helma came to the U. S. to the Metropolitan Opera Company. There critics thought her a little cold but her prestige grew as it had in Europe. Her sole defeat was a trip to Mexico City under none other than Impresario Gonsalvo. She had been tempted by the offer of the highest fee ever paid a woman singer. But she offended the politician-backer, sang badly and had to be hustled out of the city to save her skin. The experience shook her confidence, ruined Gonsalvo. For Gonsalvo she magnanimously provided, for herself...
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