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...rather than blunted its edge of evil. In his great self-revelatory aria ("I know I'm deformed and ugly"), his mahogany-hued voice soared with a passion and authority that no other baritone today can top. Not even the beloved Vesti la giubba (sung by Italian Tenor Mario Ortica as Canio) got a bigger hand. All in all, last week's "routine" performances were perhaps a better measure of the Met's real stature than the thrills provided by such exciting visitors as Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi and Mario Del Monaco. For an ordinary night...
Opera's cheeriest cherub, Baritone Robert Weede, 53, euphoric title roler of the Broadway hit musical The Most Happy Fella, recalled his own slow rise in music. "Singing success must be gained too quickly nowadays," said he. His most significant case in point: bullish Movie Tenor Mario (The Great Caruso) Lanza...
...Life to Give. In Genoa, Italy. deciding that Mario Mattioli had lied about the length of his compulsory service and remained in the navy an extra year, the Italian government charged him with defrauding it of 730 meals, 1,125 cups of coffee, 2,190 cigarettes, two uniforms, two caps, two pairs of shoes, three pairs of socks, three sets of underwear, seven handkerchiefs...
...parking lot.") The Communist paper L'Unitaá meanwhile played the story as the tragedy of the poor workingman forced to foot the bills for "the luxuries and extravagances" of opera stars paid $1,500 a performance (actually a lot less than was paid 30 years ago). Tenor Mario Del Monaco volunteered to accept a pay cut "if other singers will do likewise." There were no takers, but one blunt comment from Soprano Maria Meneghini Callas: "La Scala can close down as far as I am concerned; I will never lack for a stage...
Further support for the proposition comes from two other Assemblymen, Senator Mario Umano '36, and Representative Belden Bly, who have independly proposed bills almost identical to Cella...