Definitions
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- noun United States soprano (1897-1981)
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Examples
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Callas, Caruso, Pavarotti, Bergonzi, Ponselle: those voices are all as distinctive as thumbprints.
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Ponselle and Miller have suffered the greatest fall-off in fame.
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Ponselle and Miller have suffered the greatest fall-off in fame.
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Panizza doesn't merely support Tibbett and Ponselle - he instructs, he challenges, he ignites them.
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Panizza doesn't merely support Tibbett and Ponselle - he instructs, he challenges, he ignites them.
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Ponselle grew up in Connecticut among Italian immigrants.
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Ponselle grew up in Connecticut among Italian immigrants.
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Obviously, one listens to this astounding performance gripped by Germont and Violetta, by Tibbett and Ponselle.
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Obviously, one listens to this astounding performance gripped by Germont and Violetta, by Tibbett and Ponselle.
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All this high finance meant that actors were seldom entertained on DeMille Drive, while Bill’s circle of friends and visitors included nearly every concert artist who passed through southern California: Rosa Ponselle, Efrem Zimbalist, and Lawrence Tibbett, for example.
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