Word: spoletta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such skill (and without exaggerated theatrics) that even famous tenors and sopranos find themselves in danger of being upstaged in his presence. De Paolis seems able to play any role at all-Goro, the wizened Japanese matchmaker of Butterfly; Shuiski, the crafty adviser to the Czar in Boris Godunov; Spoletta, the evil police agent of Tosca; Don Basilio, the fatuous music master of Figaro. His palsied Emperor in Turandot is one of his most recent and brilliant successes. In Tales of Hoffmann he has four roles (Andres, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio and Frantz) and four rapid-fire makeup changes. This week...
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