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...Pope Pius VII consigned the bones to the care of a priest, Don Francis di Lucia, who had them enshrined in the church of Mugnano del Cardinale near Naples, where they promptly began to produce a flood of miracles and special favors. A Neapolitan nun named Sister Mary Louisa of Jesus claimed to have received a series of revelations about Philomena's life and martyrdom, on the basis of which Don Francis di Lucia compiled a "biography" of the "saint." As a martyr, her formal canonization was unnecessary, but in 1837 Pope Gregory XVI authorized her public veneration...
Among the stopping points: the Jewel Song from Faust, Mi chiamano Mimi from Boheme, Signore, ascolta from Turandot. For insatiable Moffo fans, Angel also offers an album of Coloratura Arias (Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis) that are every bit as distinguished, with the single exception of the Lucia di Lammermoor Mad Scene: the delivery is splendid, but Moffo sounds about as mad as a hermit thrush...
...Australian singing contest, headed for Britain to study at London's Royal College of Music and landed a $28-a-week small-parts job at London's Covent Garden. She "jogged along" until 1958, when she became an overnight sensation in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor...
...performance. "The moment one stops finding things to criticize," she says of herself, "one might as well pack up." Soprano Sutherland has plenty of packing to do-for a tour of the U.S. and Europe that will reach a climax for U.S. operagoers next fall, when she sings Lucia...
Galvão concluded the meeting by playing Tchaikovsky's militant 1812 Overture on the public address system. The casualties of the fight were put ashore at St. Lucia in a lifeboat manned by six sailors and a male nurse. Then the Santa Maria steamed off into the wide Atlantic...