Word: violetta
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...complaint fell upon the pretty Belgian head of Vina Bovy, the coloratura soprano who stepped into the part of Gilda in Rigoletto 24 hours before the performance when Stella Andreva caught a cold. Critics had liked her better four days earlier when she made her Metropolitan debut singing Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. Even then they felt a little uneasy about her pitch. In Rigoletto her colorless, inexact rendition of the great Caro Nome and her literal, lifeless acting convinced few that she was the outraged, unhappy daughter of a court fool. Lawrence Tibbett was more imaginative...
...roles which she has made peculiarly her own, Bori said her goodby. First she was Violetta in La Traviata, sacrificing her happiness on the plea of the elder Germont who was Tibbett bewigged. At the end she was graceful Manon, beguiling Tenor Richard Crooks until he gave up all thought of becoming a cleric. With what appeared to be the final curtain the audience was on its feet wildly cheering. But there was more to come. Stage had been set for the garden scene in Traviata. Flowers were everywhere. While members of the company stood by respectfully, Bori received rich...
...doors, burned countless candles to the Virgin Mary, waited for months without attempting to speak. When she returned to the Metropolitan in 1921 she established herself still more strongly with the Opera's subscribers. There was no one to excel her as Manon, Juliette, Mélisande, Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohème, Fiora in L'Amore...
...made its appearance on her throat, severely cutting down her respiration. However, she started on a European tour, reduced her price to $2,200. She had her usual successes in London and Prague but in Budapest one night an audience astonished and dismayed her by booing and catcalling her Violetta in La Traviata. To newshawks she presently explained that she had caught a cold, announced that she could not buck Europe s prejudice against her high prices, canceled the rest of her tour. Since then, indefatigably carrying on her world concert tours, the great Galli-Curci had all but dropped...
...Traviata the role of the elder Germont is no test for an actor. But Thomas sang "Di Provenza," the one big aria, in model fashion, moved about the stage surely, easily, appeared properly sympathetic with the emotional frenzies of the consumptive Violetta...