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...FRANCIS TUCKER, Canon Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic) Monaco...
...voice of a Beniamino Gigli and the build of a Clark Gable. As she grew older, she developed a superb soprano voice and a tall (5 ft. 10 in.), statuesque build. Last week world-famous Soprano Tebaldi made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Tenor Mario Del Monaco (5 ft. 8½ in.), who-though highly gifted-is neither a Gigli in voice nor a Gable in height. Soprano Tebaldi (as Desdemona) seemed to tower over Tenor Del Monaco (as Otello). At a particularly tender moment in Verdi's powerful opera...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Carmen, with Stevens, Del Monaco, Guarrera...
Tenor Transformed. For Italian Tenor Del Monaco, the evening marked an amazing transformation. Del Monaco's singing career got a major boost when he was a soldier in World War II: his music-loving C.O. let him sing instead of shipping him to the front. One performance, in Butterfly, brought him his big chance: a buxom soprano watched the tenor sweep up his fragile leading lady and carry her offstage. The visitor was fascinated. "You must come and do it with me in Florence," she burbled. Then and there, Del Monaco earned a reputation more for force than...
Last week the critics enthusiastically reversed themselves on all counts, found his voice both strong and compelling, his acting no longer athletic. How did the change come about? Explains Tenor Del Monaco, an older and wiser man at 35: "I think and I think, so many critics, all of them, criticizing me for the same reason: The acting is not right, he overacts, he sings too loud.' I tell myself maybe I am wrong. So I study hard. This year I feel much better...