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T7ie great moment had come for the unknown girl;
as she stepped onto the vast stage and
began to sing, an expectant hush fell
over the toughest audience in the world
School and Wayne, Pa., daughter of a shoe
maker of Italian descent, had turned down
two earlier invitations from the Metropoli
tan Opera Company in order to learn her
trade first From her high-school chorus, she
had gone to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute
where the great violinist Zimbalist tele
phoned a top functionary in the New York
music world and exclaimed, "Keep your eye
on Anna Moffo. She's one in a million!"
From Curtis, she had gone through Italy's
famous "blood-belt," the circuit of opera
houses attended by patrons so fanatical that
they are merciless when a performer fakes,
or errs. When Anna felt she had won their
respect, she accepted the Met's third bid.
Now, though crowds swarmed around
Anna in her dressing room, one person's
absence made her happiness less than com
plete. Mario, her husband, had remained
behind in Trieste to direct a play. His voice
on the overseas phone the previous night
had been warmly reassuring, as it had dur
ing her preparation for each of the 36 diffi
- cult roles-she had mastered in four -years of
study in Italy. She would never forget her
first role as Madame Butterfly in an Italian
TV production.
- Mario Lanfranchi, the director, had looked -at
her symmetrical five feet, seven-and-one-
half inches and exploded. "You are too big!
Butterfly is frail, she is weak, she is tiny."
But Anna got the part Under Mario's re
luctant coaching, she sang the role on TV
and immediately won invitations to appear
in most of the opera houses in Italy. She also
won over the director's heart and within a
year they were married.
His experience and vision augmented her
talent and smoothed many a rough edge. He
taught her to employ movement and design
to enhance her splendid figure. He drilled
her in "La Traviata" until she was letter-
perfect and then sent her to America for her
big test He would be by a phone now, wait--ing
to hear the news of her debut '
When her call to Mario got through, she '
told him of the Met's plans for her next sea
son, and of the acclaim. Then she was silent
so long he thought the connection had been '
broken. She was thinking of the ovation that
afternoon, of the concerts across America
that agents were offering, of a proposed TV
spectacular. Success was sweet, she knew,
but there were other values.
- - "Are you there?" Mario asked.
Tm thinking."
"Thinking what?" - -
The Met's newest star and the happiest of
women replied, "That IH be coming home
as fast as I can." " -
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