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Lucrezia Bori

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Lucrezia Bori , 1887-1960, Spanish soprano, whose real name was Borja (Ital. Borgia ). She made her debut (1908) in Rome as Micaela in Carmen, later sang Manon Lescaut opposite Caruso in Paris (1910), and was long a leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1912-15; 1920-36). After 1935 she was a director of the Metropolitan Opera Association. She was notable for her stage presence as well as her lyric voice. Author not available, BORI, LUCREZIA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Lucrezia Bori
Lucrezia Bori Opera singer Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960), known for years as the...her name in Italian, in fact, was Lucrezia Borgia. Her family, however, insisted she change it for the stage. Bori made her first public appearance at... Read more

Bori, Lucrezia
Bori, Lucrezia [ Borja y Gonzalez de Riancho, Lucrecia]. ( b Valencia, 1887; d NY, 1960). Sp. soprano. Début Rome 1908 (Micaela in Carmen... Read more

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	Singers of the Century, Volume III ; ...and most of all, his own impressions of the sound of the voice and his image of the artist onstage. In an essay on Lucrezia Bori, he makes the point that "she provides one of the reasons why records have such great value. It is not so much a matter... Read more
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	Wizards of sound ; ...Mary Garden and, most recently and spectacularly, Lucrezia Bori. Though Bori was one of the Metropolitan Opera's most beloved sopranos...relief, `That's where it belongs.' The lowest speeds for Bori are in the session from 1921, I believe, of two recordings... Read more
	Most valuable player ; ...stage manager ejected him, Moishe had managed to observe Lawrence Tibbett (whose voice he knew from the movies) and Lucrezia Bori rehearsing the Act II Traviata duet. Already an unpaid local star on WFOX radio, Moishe Miller was now bitten by the... Read more
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	TAKE ME OUT TO THE OPERA ; ...Boston Red Sox, for whom fans invented the notorious Bronx cheer; that day, at the old opera house, the fans cheered as Lucrezia Bori sang "Addio, del passato" in La Traviata. On April 11, 1962, the Mets (real name: the New York Metropolitan Baseball... Read more

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