Word: azucena
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...first-night audience was on Page's side almost as soon as the curtain went up. She had engaged top Spanish Designer Antoni Clave to do the sets, and he had turned out some breathtaking ones in melodramatic black, blue and crimson. Then the Gypsy Azucena (Sonia Arova) lashed into a dance to Verdi's crackling Stride lavampa music, and Page and the dancers were in full command. In the Anvil Chorus, the dancers whirled with so much gusto that the crowd could hardly keep from stomping out the rhythm with them. Standout scene: Azucena's duet...
Said glowing Ruth Page: "I wrote the part [of Azucena] for myself. Now I'm dying to dance...
...part of the gypsy minstrel, Manrico, Gino Sinimberghi has a warm and clear tenor. Azucena, Manrico's mother, is sung with intensity and dramatic power by Gianna Pederzini. Supporting singers Enzo Mascherni and Vittorina Colonnello also have fine, well-controlled voices. The orchestra and chorus of the Rome Opera House completes the first-rate group of artists which makes "II Trovatore" at least a musical success...
...time. The mother Antoinetta played the violin. Daughters Euphemia and Dusolina sang. Vittorio played the piano. Son Francis had a cello when he was big enough to wield one. Dusolina Giannini was 9 when she made her debut at her father's little theatre. At 12, she sang Azucena in 77 Trovatore, a performance in which her father was supposed to be her son. Last week Ferruccio Giannini sat in a box at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, proudly watched his daughter make a formal debut...
...mules, Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, soprano, made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera Company, Manhattan. Her bosom did not tremble nor her knees quiver as she thrilled the assemblage with the resonance, flexibility and persuasion of her voice, for she was, even then, no neophyte. She had done her Azucena in Trovatore 20 years earlier in Dresden, her Erda in London, Bayreuth and Berlin. Manhattan welcomed her. After a number of successful seasons, she retired, with becoming dignity and an nounced that her future performances would be limited to concert engagements. Last week, after a concert in Kansas City...