Word: robusto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...broke into the Met in 1945 with almost no previous operatic experience. He freely confesses his lack of acting talent, but under proper direction he has produced some fine dramatic characterizations, e.g., Don José, Turiddu, Farrando in Così Fan Tutte. He has a big, warm, sensuous tenore robusto...
...took pleasure in setting him straight. "I can sing as well as I ever could," he insists-although "I would not say I could get through Otello or Aïda now." Those who heard him sing Ideale were surprised at the ease and quality of the old tenor robusto's voice. The catch, and the reason for his retirement from the Met in 1945: "It is the heart . . . When one is older, the heart cannot bear the strain and worry and excitement [of the opera stage]. It tells on the voice." However, he finds TV more pleasure than...
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