Word: verdis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Verdi: La Forza del Destino...
...exceptional young fellow announced himself as a baritone, and proceeded to sing Verdi's Celeste Aïda, one of the most famed arias for high tenor. Said Gutman with mild sarcasm: "Since you are a baritone, perhaps you would like to offer something from the baritone repertoire." "I have nothing from the baritone repertoire," the singer said. "I only started singing two weeks...
...German school represented was Mozart, and he by an Italian aria from The Marriage of Figaro. The most successful song was Bellini's Dolente Immagine, in which Tebaldi lingered over every vowel, almost caressing the notes with her voice. Another highlight was the magnificent Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello, which despite one shrill phrase was memorable for a ravishing final high note in mezza-voce. The audience went wild, and called Tebaldi back for three Puccini arias as encores. She didn't mind the tiring program, and sounded as warm-voiced, and also as occasionally shrill-voiced...
...Verdi: Aïda (Angel). The old pulse bumper, with Soprano Maria Callas leading a fine cast...
...denied it.) Was she born in Turkey? India? Her real name was Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, and she came from Limerick. At all events, she liked to wear black, was on the stage, had tiny feet and enormous eyes. Her whole life was as absurd as a Verdi opera plot adapted for the wide screen...