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Ernestine Schumann-Heink Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Ernestine Schumann-Heink , 1861-1936, Austrian-American contralto, b. near Prague. Her voice was distinguished for its richness and wide range. She studied with Marietta Leclair, made her concert debut in 1876 and her operatic debut two years later in Dresden in Il Trovatore. For many years she... Read more
Franco Corelli Franco Corelli
Franco Corelli , 1921-2003, Italian tenor. He made his operatic debut at Spoleto in 1952 as Don José in Bizet's Carmen and debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in 1961, singing Manrico in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Corelli had a powerful voice and passionate singing style, and was particularly... Read more
Leontyne Price Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price (Mary Leontyne Price) , 1927-, American soprano, b. Laurel, Miss. She studied voice at the Juilliard School of Music with Florence Page Kimball. Subsequently she appeared as Bess in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on Broadway (1952-54), repeating her performance in a highly successful... Read more
Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi , 1813-1901, foremost Italian composer of opera, b. Le Roncole. Verdi, the son of an innkeeper, showed a precocious talent for the organ but was refused entrance to the Milan Conservatory as having been inadequately trained. He studied with Lavigna of La Scala, and in 1839 his first... Read more
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Kim Jong-Il Kim Jong-Il
Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il (born 1941) was the eldest son of Kim Il-sung, the founder and leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and his heir apparent. After 1985 he began to take part in North Korean state activities and to acquire honorific titles. Kim Jong Il (or Kim Chong-il)... Read more
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Fianna Fail Party (Ireland) Fianna Fail Party (Ireland)
Fianna Fáil (‘soldiers of Ireland’), a political party formally inaugurated on 16 May 1926. Tensions within the anti‐treaty Sinn Féin party, led by Eamon de Valera, over the issue of abstention from the Dáil and the long‐term future of the party, came to... Read more
Tiamat Tiamat
Tiamat In the Babylonian creation story called the Enuma Elish,Tiamat was a primevalgoddess of salt waters and chaos.At the beginning of the universe, she and Apsu, the spirit of fresh waters, gave birth to all the gods. Tiamat's son Ea soon challenged and... Read more

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