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Word: torry (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...sung in Johnstown since the Flood, nor, until last week, had he sung in San Francisco since the Fire. His great voice boomed there last week; other famed singers tuned their notes-Tita Schipa, tenor from the Chicago Civic Opera; Marguerite d'Alvarez, Spanish contralto; Rosina Torri, from La Scala; Fernand Ansseau, Belgian. Fans, neckcloths, puffed and powdered melodies furbished once more the elegant infidelities of Manon Lescaitt; pompous swaddlings adorned the familiar French-Hebrew heroics of Samson et Dalila. The San Francisco Opera Company had begun its season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Openings | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

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