Word: troppo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...under the tutelage of various stage directors, including Roberto Rossellini (who directed her in Otello in Naples), Tebaldi's acting has improved in recent years-most noticeably in her mastery of an imaginatively conceived and many-faceted Aïda. Now slimmed down from what she called her troppo robusta dimensions ("I lose 25 pounds in three years!"), she is better able to cope with bantam-sized tenors and the visual realities of such consumptive roles as Mimi and Violetta...