Word: lodovichetti
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mild flurry of handclapping to $25 for a deafening furor. The late Enrico Caruso, a liberal patron, never sang without the help of a claque. In the days of Impresario Giulio Gatti- Casazza, the chief of the Met's claque, a hardy Italian named Harold Lodovichetti, described himself on his business cards as "Promoter of Enthusiasm." The claque's present leader is a more conservative man, who lives in The Bronx and is known under the varied names of Schultz and Bennett. The Metropolitan switchboard keeps his telephone number on file for such artists as desire his services...
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