John Shearer: Relatives Of Singer Grace Moore Possess Memories And Memorabilia Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Item from Grace Moore scrapbooks
Grace Moore and young niece also named Grace Moore
Scenes of Grace Moore funeral in Chattanooga
I will miss my dear papa : Prince Charles pays tribute to his very special father as he praises him for his devoted service to Queen and country and says that the royal family are deeply grateful for moving tributes
The Prince of Wales issued a glowing tribute to his father in a recorded video message released on Saturday
He said Prince Philip would be deeply touched by the sorrow felt by millions following news of his passing
Words followed tributes paid by brother Prince Edward and the younger man s wife the Countess of Wessex
At The Opera, Puccini s Tosca, April 3, 2021
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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou s 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples s control of Rome threatened by Napoleon s invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder, and suicide, as well as some of Puccini s best-known lyrical arias.
Puccini saw Sardou s play when it was touring Italy in 1889 and, after some vacillation, obtained the rights to turn the work into an opera in 1895. Turning the wordy French play into a succinct Italian opera took four years, during which the composer repeatedly argued with his librettists and publisher. Tosca premiered at a time of unrest in Rome, and its first performance was delayed for a d
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If youâre looking for biographical accuracy, donât look to Hollywood of the Golden Age especially if the subject is connected to the arts; its primary focus then was entertainment, not factual authenticity. Richard Thorpeâs
The Great Caruso is a perfect example: a popular, celebrated artist whose real life story was fraught with legitimate drama but whose movie biography was reduced to a rags-to-riches-to-heartbreak trope: a story weâve seen multiple times in the movies only this time accentuated with glorious operatic arias (and a few pop numbers) to flesh out its predictable story. With MGMâs star tenor in the title role and assisted by some renowned opera names and a first-rate production,