Word: gustaaf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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: Louis Gruenberg's Emperor Jones, Richard Strauss's Elektra...
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