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Schipa

American  
[skee-pah] / ˈski pɑ /

noun

  1. Tito 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.


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She was lucky to have as tenor partners before the war Tito Schipa, Beniamino Gigli and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, and to work with conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, Thomas Beecham and John Barbirolli.

From The Guardian Aug. 18, 2014

Schipa, as Alfred, loved loudly and blindly while Richard Bonelli, benign as the father, rubbed his hands and looked on at the mischief of his own making.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week in Paris hard-singing Tenor Tito Schipa announced that the body would be exhumed and redressed by friends every three years so that Caruso might always appear fashionably garbed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last summer Tenor Schipa, visiting Italy, arranged a special performance for his father.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tenor's Tonsillectomy Singing at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House leaves many a tenor with a swollen head but Tenor Tito Schipa who lately finished his first season there was left with swollen tonsils.

From Time Magazine Archive

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