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Ponselle

American  
[pon-sel] / pɒnˈsɛl /

noun

  1. Rosa (Melba), 1897–1981, U.S. soprano.


Example Sentences

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Ponselle asks if they would like to hear her sing.

From The New Yorker

This is, of course, a fundamental problem with most forms of sound recording; it fails to capture the thrill of the very biggest voices, whether it’s Birgit Nilsson, Dolora Zajick or Rosa Ponselle.

From Washington Post

Jackson was married to opera singer Rosa Ponselle, whom Maria Callas called “the greatest singer of us all.”

From Washington Post

A violinist uncle recorded Schubert’s “Ave Maria” with the soprano phenomenon Rosa Ponselle.

From New York Times

She made her operatic debut in 1959, as Adalgisa in Bellini’s “Norma” with the Arkansas State Opera and later studied with the distinguished soprano Rosa Ponselle.

From New York Times