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...sometimes sang Rodolfo's Che gelida manina aria from La Bohème a halftone down from the high C that Puccini's score calls for-and Puccini wrote a letter saying he liked it better that way. But when Italy's beloved tenor Giuseppi Di Stefano showed up at La Scala to rehearse Rodolfo in a new production of La Boheme under Austria's Herbert von Kara Jan. he was stopped by La Scala's tearful manager. "Oh, dear Di Stefano," said the manager, "Von Karajan doesn't want you because you sing...
Such an insult was certain to send an Italian tenor up to his top register, and coming from an Austrian, it was more than any Italian could bear. DI STEFANO...
SACKED BY VON KARAJAN. Cried the headlines, and Di Stefano announced he would sue La Scala and Von Karajan for defamation of character. Von Karajan denied he knew Di Stefano had even been signed to sing with him, and when La Scala paid Di Stefano his regular $10,000 fee despite the fact that he was not going to perform. Giuseppi simmered down. But not his friends. "Don't let yourself be insulted by a foreigner," they cautioned him. Quickly working himself back into a proper Sicilian rage, Di Stefano turned his $10,000 over to the Italian Opera...
STEPHEN DI STEFANO...
...Prayer for a Miracle. A zealot who scorned careful preparation, Corti could find no experienced climber to go with him up the Eiger. He had to settle for a good-natured, 44-year-old factory worker, Stefano Longhi, who had never made a strenuous climb. Without so much as glancing at a map of the route, Corti and Longhi impetuously started climbing. Part way up they met two Germans also making the climb and joined forces. Trouble began. One of the Germans developed stomach cramps, and Longhi ran out of breath...