Word: mario
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lavished its most expensive talents on Ernani. It got Spanish-born Artist Esteban Frances to design sets and costumes, surrounded Diva Milanov with Tenor Mario Del Monaco, Baritone Leonard Warren and Basso Cesare Siepi. To little avail. Of the four stars, nobody sang well in Act I, and Milanov appeared to be suffering from dizziness, staggering and finally getting herself planted before starting to sing. Vocally, she was plagued by an excruciatingly bad sense of pitch, although she had sung her role commendably in the dress rehearsal. Her loyal supporters wore lapel buttons reading "Viva Zinka...
...story concerns a desperate robbery of Mappin & Webb, purveyors of glittering adornment to fastidious Parisians--and Montrealers and New Yorkers, too. Mappin & Webb shrewdly have taken the precaution of outfitting their Place Vendome premises with an alarm system, and it takes considerable ingenuity by Tony, Joe and Mario (who has been flown in from Milan for the occasion) to outwit the clever device. But they do, and they have some hot sparklers on their hands. Also a woman in Pigalle...
...other spectator was Mario Celi, a defenseman from last year's Ivy Championship team. "It's going to be pretty close going on my chances now," Celi said yesterday...
...energetic Met production, robust Tenor Mario del Monaco as Norma's lover sang loud enough to be heard from Gaul to Rome, and Mezzo-Soprano Fedora Barbieri, as Norma's rival, was adequate though often wobbly. Since she looks much the way Callas did before her celebrated slimming down, it was hard to see why the Roman governor would prefer her to Norma. But none of this mattered much with Callas on stage. As an actress, unlike most of her competitors, Callas radiates credibility even in the silliest situations. Her performance is not a mere recital with costumes...
...Catch a Thief. In Lisbon, Mario Fernandes Neves tried to steal a cop's motorcycle in front of the city jail, was arrested after prisoners spotted him from a cell window, called police...