Thanks TSquare. I always enjoy these extracts when people such as you and Seattleoperafan post them - it humanises what we can so easily idealise.
Rosa Ponselle anecdotes about Toscanini, Martinelli and Gigli vs Caruso
This is an excerpt from the James A. Drake's interview with Rosa Ponselle
She's being asked about conductors of her time
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Ponselle on Martinelli's "technical insecurity". (Don't worry Ponselle adores Martinelli and enjoys singing with him. This is not done out of ill-will. Check the source below)
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And Caruso or Gigli?
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Source:
She's being asked about conductors of her time
Ponselle on Martinelli's "technical insecurity". (Don't worry Ponselle adores Martinelli and enjoys singing with him. This is not done out of ill-will. Check the source below)
And Caruso or Gigli?
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