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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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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.

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Such a sound can be made with a violin but no Tetrazzini, no Galli-Curci, could make it.

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Soprano Amelita Galli-Curci says of it: "Any singer who knows the ins and outs of the operatic stage both here and in Europe will recognize the truth to fact."

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More than 30 million people heard such singers as Galli-Curci and John McCormack, such politicians as Al Smith, Senator Bob La Follette and Socialist Eugene Debs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Galli-Curci, as she entered her big, sunny parlor, where I was waiting to see her.

From Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers by Harriette Brower

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