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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

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

News was kept from Tenor Schipa until he finished a performance of Martha.

From Time Magazine Archive

Six weeks will pass before the operation's results will be known but then Dr. Kellogg hopes that Schipa will find the range of his voice higher by two or four notes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even 60-year-old Tenor Tito Schipa was on hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

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