Word: soprani
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...complaint, which was filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) on April 4, Marlene Soprani accuses ACME/Pioneer Janitorial Services manager Carlos Da Silva of telling her that a job she applied for was “more for a man.” Da Silva then publicly humiliated her in connection with her interest in the shift, Soprani alleges. She was fired a few weeks later...
...Silva said yesterday that he had not discriminated against Soprani, citing her poor performance as the reason she was denied the job and later fired...
...Marlene Soprani was never told that she was being denied the position due to being a female,” he said. “She was told that she was not getting the position because she was not qualified based on her record...
...Szumowska played the Chopin concerto with facile technique and sympathetic understanding. Especially poetic was her rendition of the Larghetic. Countless soprani have made us look for a different type of voice in the singer of Haendel to that of Mr. Schwarz. In the aria of Verdi and in "Wotans Abschied", however, his voice, a warm dramatic baritone, found its true medium of expression and the latter especially he sang with a fire and understanding truly excellent. It is to be regretted that the orchestra in accompanying him in this last played the Fire Music so poorly. It hurried through...
...means so strong as that which delighted us two years ago under the management of the Rosas, has thus far appeared to advantage, in a succession of popular operas. It possesses two prime donne, one of them, Miss Kellogg, ranking deservedly among the three or four great soprani; in lighter roles, such as "Marta" and "Zerlina," her success is unbounded, while as "Lucia" and "Margherita," her rendering has improved-vastly within the last three years, much that seemed hard and artificial having disappeared. Her fine voice, if in any way changed, has gained somewhat in power, while still retaining...