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Elopement Elopement
212. Elopement Carker, James with Dombey’s wife. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son ] Leonora with Alvaro, rejected as suitor by her father. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, La Forza del Destino, Westerman, 315–317] Little Emily with Steerforth, although engaged to Ham. [Br. Lit.: David... Read more
Rosa Ponselle Rosa Ponselle
Rosa Ponselle , 1897-1981, American operatic soprano, b. Meriden, Conn. First appearing in vaudeville, she made her debut (1918) at the Metropolitan Opera in Verdi's La forza del destino, opposite Caruso . She was an outstanding member of that company until her retirement in 1937. Ponselle was... 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
La Scala La Scala
La Scala [Teatro alla Scala], one of the world's great opera houses, located in Milan, Italy. It opened in 1778 with a production of Antonio Salieri 's Europa Riconosciuta. Built on the site of the Church of Santa Maria della Scala, the opera house was designed by Giuseppe Piermarini. The... Read more
Shirley Verrett Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett 1931–Opera singer Shirley Verrett is an American soprano who performed on the stages of the world's most famous opera houses. Best known for her roles in Aïda and Macbeth—two works by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi—Verrett enjoyed a long career with the Metropolitan Opera of... Read more
Anna Moffo Anna Moffo
Anna MoffoOpera singer Soprano Anna Moffo was one of the best-loved performers at New York's Metropolitan Opera in the 1960s. In the words of Elizabeth Forbes of London's Independent newspaper, Moffo "was the perfect interpreter of those innumerable operatic heroines who are dying of consumption... Read more
Jan Peerce Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce 1904-85, American tenor, b. New York City as Jacob Pincus Perelmuth. Discovered by Arturo Toscanini, who chose him to be a soloist in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Peerce made his operatic debut in Philadelphia in 1938, singing the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto. In 1941 he... Read more
Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini , 1858-1924, Italian composer of operas. He wrote some of the most popular works in the opera repertory. A descendant of a long line of musicians, he studied piano and organ at his Tuscan birthplace, Lucca, and in 1880 entered the Milan Conservatory. He first gained recognition with... Read more
Arrigo Boito Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito , 1842-1918, Italian composer and librettist. His opera Mefistofele (1868, rev. 1875), influenced by Wagner's music-drama, helped to bring about a new dramatic style in Italian opera. Its first performance, at La Scala, Milan, caused a riot, but it subsequently became very popular.... Read more
Robert Merrill Robert Merrill
Robert Merrill 1917-2004, American baritone, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Moishe Miller. In 1945 he won the Metropolitan Opera's Auditions of the Air and in the same year made his debut as Germont in Verdi's La Traviata. Known for his smooth and powerful voice, he subsequently became one of the most... Read more

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