Rosa Ponselle - A Centenary Biography (Hardcover) (Opera by James A. Drake

By James A. Drake

Released in occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of her delivery, this e-book provides a candid portrait of Ponselle, "the Caruso in petticoats," contrasting the singer's personal phrases, from interviews with the writer and others, with the reminiscences of neighbors, kinfolk, and associates.

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Later on when Carmela went to New York City to start out on her own, I still kept working with Miss Ryan. What took Carmela to New York at that particular time? There wasn't much for her in Meriden, and she wanted a professional career. She did a little bit of modeling at a hat shop in Meriden, a place called Mrs. Hurley's, but she couldn't find much else to do in our home town. In New York her career developed pretty fast. She had only been there a couple of years when she got a part in a musical comedy.

She sewed a lot of my clothes, because Mama didn't have enough time, what with running the grocery all day. Lena's father ran a saloon. It was on the bottom floor of their house, like our little grocery was [for us]. Mrs. Tamborini had a little more free time than my mother did, so she did some of our sewing for us. Lena and I went to the public school together. She used to help me with my homework. To tell the truth, Lena did my homework for me. I wasn't the world's greatest student. You and school just didn't get along?

37 As The New York Times reported in a five-column feature story a few weeks before her debut was to take place, the young American-trained soprano (she had studied with William L. Whitney in Boston and had spent a year at the Institute of Musical Art) was being given weighty responsibilities for a newcomer: "During the coming year in the Metropolitan company she will sing in German, English, French, and Italian. "38 When asked about her career ambitions, Curtis told the Times, "Oh, my ambitions are boundless.

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