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Word: grandtier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1933-1933
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...singers sang for him. Oldtime Metropolitan stars returned to the stage to honor him.* Swayed by the wholehearted sentiment which opera-folk thrive on, the house fairly shook with shouts when the Metropolitan ballet shaped itself into a giant birthday cake, held up 25 candles. From his grandtier box Mr. Gatti gravely gave the Italian salute but no amount of persuasion would bring him to the stage from which he took his last bow in 1908, standing between Conductor Arturo Toscanini and Tenor Enrico Caruso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Metropolitan's Return | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

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