Word: rigoletto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conductor of the Dresden Opera he spoke out boldly against state-controlled art ("I am a man, I hope, of a little bit of temperament, so I told everyone frankly what I thought about the Nazis"), left Germany in 1933 after Storm Troopers broke up a performance of Rigoletto...
...flex every muscle. But Lanza is in fine voice, and with such artists as the Met's Soprano Dorothy Kirsten and Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom, he sings varied favorites by 13 composers from Verdi to Victor Herbert. On the program: La Donna E Mobile and the Quartet from Rigoletto; Vesti la Giubba from I Pagliacci; the Sextette from Lucia De Lammermoor...
...During the 22-week season there will also be brand-new productions of Aïda (directed by Margaret Webster), Rigoletto and Carmen. The Met will mount 21 operas...
Lights Out. Some of Pittsburgh's regular concertgoers were among the 4,100 who jammed into the act on the big night. In arias from Rigoletto and Pagliacci, Mario proved to the cynics' surprise that he really has a voice. The ring and power of his high notes almost makes up for his lack of real musical taste. Called back by cheer after cheer, Mario gave them as an encore his current bestselling tune, Be My Love. That really blew a fuse; at any rate, the lights went out. The police provided an extra squad to get Mario...
...become a singer until he was 18, when his school friend, Giuseppe di Stefano (now a Met tenor), urged him to enter a competition in Florence ("It's free . . . there are girls . . ."). Though he knew only two arias, Siepi won the competition. He made his debut in Rigoletto two months later in a provincial opera house. When La Scala reopened in 1946, Siepi sang in the opening performance, soon came to be considered "the pillar" among La Scala's bass singers. A quick study, he now sings 40 roles...