Word: vincitor
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...acts Stella had been in fine voice: her famous Ritorna vincitor! aria had brought a thunderous ovation. But by the third act Stella's voice sounded shaky. When she came to her great third-act aria, her voice suddenly lapsed into a dolorous wail on the phrase "no, mai piú," which ends on a high C. Then the voice vanished like a blown-out flame...
...listeners in the spring of 1949. When RCA Victor decided to cut records from the broadcast tapes, Toscanini returned from retirement in 1954 to conduct at Carnegie Hall portions of the opera which did not satisfy him-namely, Soprano Herva Nelli's O Patria Mia and Ritorna Vincitor! (TIME, June 14, 1954). Last week Victor released (on three LPs) Toscanini's composite and deftly sound-doctored Aïda, the opera in which he made his conducting debut in Rio de Janeiro 71 years...
...second day observers got a closer look of genius at work. As the orchestra hushed to a quiet, the old man came onstage, baby-pink and robust. He was chewing his favorite cherry pastilles. Titian-haired Soprano Nelli was all set for her first solo, Ritorna Vincitor!, from Aïda. The maestro conducted vigorously. Whispered a technician in the control booth: "What a man! Look at that beat." With the run-through and actual recording completed, the playback started. Toscanini listened intently, poring over the score, at times reconducting the music. In his high-collared rehearsal jacket, he looked...
Renata Tebaldi (London). One of Italy's finest sopranos gives a stunning performance of one of grand opera's most famous airs, Ritorna vincitor, from Verdi's Aïda. The selection is released as part of a low-priced series...
...first U.S. appearance of Italian Soprano Renata Tebaldi, 28, as Aïda. Tall (5 ft. 10 in.) and expressive, Tebaldi made a big impression both physically and vocally. Her flexible and powerful voice, known in the U.S. only on records, brought down the house in her first-(Ritorna vincitor) and third-act (O patria mid) arias...