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Galli-Curci

American  
[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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In the days of Enrico Caruso and Galli-Curci, the record companies built their fortunes on single operatic records.

From Time Magazine Archive

Galli-Curci will probably make her much-heralded Manhattan debut in Dinorah, in which the Shadow Song can be depended upon to raise the audience from their seats.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like Brown, he was accused of being a shirker at blocking: "All Grange can do is run," was the classic comment�to which Bob Zuppke, his coach at Illinois, retorted: "All Galli-Curci can do is sing."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a rouser. recalling Chicago's greatest operatic days with Mary Garden and Galli-Curci.

From Time Magazine Archive

Amelita Galli-Curci will have her successors, just as Adelina Patti had hers.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl