Word: rigoletto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...than makes up for his vocal defects by embellishing each role with small dramatic touches of his own-a twitch here, a little shuffle of surprise there-that bring character to life. Son of a well-to-do Roman family, De Paolis made his debut as the Duke in Rigoletto at Bologna in 1919, later sang tenor leads at virtually every major house in Europe. But, he says, "I never had a large voice; I knew that I could go on being a tenor of the second rank forever -but suppose I could become the best character actor...
...identified with any single role, but ranging between the romantic bel canto flights of Lucia di Lammermoor and the more declamatory style of Turandot or La Fanciulla del West, he has created some memorable characterizations: Don Jose in Carmen, Rodolfo in La Boheme, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto...
...that wasn't macaroni. Achieving the "fondest dream" of his 70 years, would-be Basso Profundo Buitoni hired Manhattan's Carnegie Hall and packed it with friends and employees from his Hackensack, N.J., headquarters to make a rafter-rattling concert debut. Belting out arias from Rigoletto and Ernani, the Italian-born industrialist brought the momentous evening to a wildly bravoed climax by joining Metropolitan Opera Star Licia Albanese in a duet from Don Giovanni and smothering her with kisses as a reward for "carrying" him. "As Don Juan," appraised the New York Times, "Mr. Buitoni made...
...discovery of 27,000 "errors" between Verdi's finished manuscript of Falstaff and recent editions. I prefer to say "differences." for who knows exactly which are the errors? Should we call the posthumous changes, which rise to over 200 on a single page, revisions or falsifications? In Rigoletto, La donna é mobile began pianissimo in 1912 and forte in 1954, although Verdi died...
...Selva got permission to use the Xavier Theater (attached to the Xavier High School), began by putting on concert programs, then added opera. Since then, the symphony has given 50 concerts, 35 operatic performances (Tosca, Rigoletto, Traviata, Boheme, Bleecker Street...