Oral history interview with Gabor Carelli, 1975

Biographical Note

Opera singer

Scope and Contents

Voice studies, Budapest and with Beniamino Gigli in Italy, 1936-39; reminiscences of Gigli; 1939 immigration to United States; touring with American Civic Opera Company; house tenor with Dallas Symphony; Metropolitan Opera, 1951; precision and expression in opera; feasibility of television and radio broadcast opera; original language vs. translation

Subjects

• Carelli, Gabor--Interviews.
• Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957.
• Interviews.
• Opera.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Singers--Interviews.
• Stein, Rose (Rózsi), interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984