Beniamino Gigli (pronounced "zhee-lee"), self-styled "world's greatest tenor," let it be known last week that he for one would not go on singing at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House at a reduced salary. Gigli made his reputation at the Metropolitan before he started coining money in concert. He, it was revealed, was the one artist who would not voluntarily take a 10%, salary cut last winter (TIME, Nov. 30). The Metropolitan said: "He not only refused to make a concession of a single cent, but in addition criticized and ridiculed the artists who had reduced...
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