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Partial envelope Italy Giuseppe De Luca (December 25, 1876 - August 26, 1950), was a famous Italian baritone who achieved his greatest triumphs at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He notably created roles in the world premieres of two operas by Giacomo Puccini: Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (at La Scala, Milan, 1904) and the title role in Gianni Schicchi (Metropolitan Opera, 1918).
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THE FAMIGLIAThe Complete Series - Volume 2This volume includes: THE VOW - Book 3 CARLOIt's 2019 for Christ's sake. Arranged marriages don't happen anymore. They stopped years ago, didn't they? At least I thought they didn't still happen. But gee was I wrong! The day I was told by my Don that I would have to enter into an arranged marriage for the sake of the famiglia, I didn't question it. I would do anything for my Don and for my famiglia. So I would be married, even if in name only. And I would protect my new wife with my life. MY VOW was made; it would be done for my Don.ELLAMy life ended on a sunny day when I was twenty four years old. I was informed that I had to marry a man I did not k...
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Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resource for all serious opera lovers and an indispensable companion to the enormously successful Grove Book of Operas. The most comprehensive guide to opera singers ever produced, this volume offers an alphabetically arranged collection of authoritative biographies that range from Marion Anderson (the first African American to perform at the Met) to Benedict Zak (the classical tenor and close friend and colleague of Mozart). Readers will find fascinating articles on such opera stars as Maria Callas and Enrico Caruso, Ezio Pinza and Fyodor Chaliapin, Lotte Lehmann and Jenny Lind,...
The Italians were so busy creating and performing superb music that they neglected to tell the great epic story of their wondrous achievement. With BRAVO! we hope to tell that story. The 1,000-year-old story begins, basically, with the work of a humble monk from the city of Arezzo. And this story has no ending. If, on one hand, we will never know the music of the Egyptians, of the Greeks, and of the Romans, on the other, we have come to know and to enjoy the music of every composer from the 12th Century to the Present day thanks to Guido's invention of the musical scale. As the story unfolds, we are rewarded with the many convincing superlatives forever tied to Italian musical endeavors. The...
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