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La favorite (The Favourite, sometimes referred to by its Italian title: La favorita) is a grand opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French-language libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play Le comte de Comminges by Baculard d'Arnaud with additions by Eugène Scribe based on the story of Leonora de Guzman. [1]
Beniamino Gigli (/ ˈ dʒ iː l i / JEE-lee, Italian: [benjaˈmiːno ˈdʒiʎʎi]; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) [1] was an Italian opera singer (lyric tenor). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation.
Micaela Villegas, "La Perricholi", Peruvian actress and singer Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole (she is not identified by name, and the remaining characters are all fictional) François Villon, French poet and vagabond George Antheil and Ezra Pound: Le Testament; Rudolf Friml: The Vagabond King
Léonor! viens" from Donizetti's La favorite—begins with an announcement (from either the singer or the (Pathé) recording engineer): "Le grand-père du baryton! " ("The grandfather of the baritones") Pathé and other French recordings from this era nearly always began with an announcement such as " Le sérénade de Don Juan, de Mozart ...
Maria Callas [a] Commendatore OMRI [1] (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; [b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American and Greek soprano [2] and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.
In Pablo Larraín's biopic — which is now streaming on Netflix — Jolie takes on the role of opera legend Maria Callas, portraying the final chapter of her life in Paris leading up to her death ...
Jolie stars as the late opera legend in Pablo Larraín's new biopic Maria about Callas' final years living in Paris before her death at age 53 in ... She was one of my favorite opera singers, and ...
Continuing in the splendid tradition of the great Sicilian opera singers before him with performances in all the major theatres of the world, he has already numerous international awards to his name. Almost thirty years since his debut, Fisichella continues to maintain an enviable vocal freshness thanks to skillful technique and intelligent ...