Word: tenore
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Sirs: In TIME of Nov. 23, p. 21. col. 3, you say "fervently wooed by Edward Johnson, U. S. tenor...
Edward Johnson is not a U. S. tenor. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, and trained in Italy...
...Tenor Beniamino Gigli, who has refused all offers to sing over the radio, saying that it would take $50,000 to induce him to broadcast a concert, last week signed a contract to give the Christmas week concert of the Atwater Kent Co., Philadelphia, on Dec. 27. A curtain was held and the audience waited uneasily between the first and second acts of Herodiade at the Chicago Auditorium while call boys went to tell William Beck, baritone, that it was time to go on as Vitellius. Baritone Beck was not to be found in his dressing room. A messenger hurried...
Roland Hayes, Negro tenor, sang in Carnegie Hall last week with standing room sold out and severa! hundred people on the stage. The fact that Mr. Hayes is a consummate artist has never been disputed by critics, but his artistry is not obvious. Doubtless many of the people who weep when he sings and beat their palms red afterwards cannot recognize it. But the U. S. is at present preoccupied with the music of the Negro; Tenor Hayes has been swept into popularity on this wave of interest, and by paradox, his fame has made his worth recognized. Could...