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Galli-Curci

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[gal-i-kur-chee, gahl-lee-koor-chee] / ˈgæl ɪˈkɜr tʃi, ˈgɑl liˈkur tʃi /

noun

  1. Amelita 1889–1964, Italian soprano in the U.S.


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While Galli-Curci, cheered by her sympathetic reception, fluttered about her dressing room humming and beaming, critics returned to their desks to write obituaries on a great voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a sound can be made with a violin but no Tetrazzini, no Galli-Curci, could make it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then Impresario Wagner has barnstormed up & down the U. S. selling such big-time figures as William Jennings Bryan, John McCormack, Galli-Curci.

From Time Magazine Archive

For 15 years what she affectionately called a "potato" grew in the neck of Mme Amelita Galli-Curci, forcing her to adjust her coloratura soprano to 50% less wind volume.

From Time Magazine Archive

Galli-Curci and her husband, Homer Samuels, the pianist, have been Kriya Yoga students for twenty years.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

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