His 21st year as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company behind him, his 41st trip across the Atlantic ahead of him, Giulio Gatti-Casazza announced last week his new singers for 1929-30.
Four U. S. singers will make their Metropolitan debuts: 1) Santa Biondo, lyric soprano, born in Palermo, brought to New Haven, Conn., as a child, lately a member of the San Carlo and American Opera Companies; 2) Eleanor La Mance, Jacksonville mezzo-soprano, well known in small Italian opera houses; 3) Gladys Swarthout, Kansas City...
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