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Kiepura

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[kee-poor-uh] / kiˈpʊər ə /

noun

  1. Jan (Wiktor) 1904?–66, Polish tenor.


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In New York, Mr. Kiepura sang with the Metropolitan Opera in the late 1930s and early ’40s.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2013

For decades, she practically owned the title role in Lehar’s most famous operetta, “The Merry Widow”; she sang it thousands of times, often opposite her husband, the celebrated Polish tenor Jan Kiepura.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2013

It's a very nice place, a little off the beaten track, and what's more it was founded by Jan Kiepura, the famous tenor.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2011

The perils of opera singing struck again: in an outdoor production of Carmen at Chicago's Soldier Field, Tenor Jan Kiepura spurned Mezzo-Soprano Gladys Swarthout so thoroughly that he knocked her cold against the stage floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next day when Kiepura is in jail because of the egg.

From Time Magazine Archive

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