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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, whose gleaming voice and meticulous artistry set a powerfully high standard, especially in the art song repertoire (whatever her personal failings may have been). The effervescent Anna Moffo, who once brought such charm and beauty (vocal and physical) to lyric and coloratura soprano roles. Astrid Varnay, whose vocal power and dramatic passion blazed so brightly in Wagner and Strauss.

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who combined a genuinely sweet mezzo-soprano voice with an artistic commitment and intensity that moved everyone who saw and heard her perform — and whose untimely death at age 52, still at the peak of her powers, sent a wave of sadness through the classical music community.

And then there was the divine Anna Russell, whose inspired musical satire can still make listeners howl with laughter.

Not all the leading ladies we lost this year were singers, of course. The ballet world said farewell to Melissa Hayden, who so fired the imagination of George Balachine, and Moira Shearer, who had a brilliant career with Great Britain's Royal Ballet in addition to her immortal star turn in the film The Red Shoes.

Dika Newlin was a leading lady of a different sort: a fearsomely intelligent composer and professor who, in her 70s, remade herself int

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'War hero'-turned-lawman hid his family identity

When Vincenzo Capone became a town marshal
in Nebraska, he called himself Richard James Hart

Vincenzo Capone, older brother of the notorious mobster Al Capone, was born on this day in in Angri, a town in Campania located between Salerno and Naples.

While Al drifted into crime as a teenager, Vincenzo wanted a different life. After running away to join a circus, he changed his name and invented a new background to conceal his true identity. He acquired a reputation as a war hero before forging a career in law enforcement, notably pitting himself against the criminal gangs of his brother&#;s world as an agent for the Bureau of Prohibition.

The first in a family of nine children, Vincenzo had just one sibling, his brother Ralph, when his father, Gabriele, a barber, and his mother, Teresa, emigrated to the United States in His father continued to work as a hairdresser, while Teresa&#;s skills as a seamstress enabled her to find a job. They settled in Brooklyn.

Over the years that followed, the family grew and Vincenzo and Ralph were joined by Frank, Alphonse, Ermina, John, Albert, Matthew and Mafalda. Sadly, Ermina did not survive her infancy.

As they grew up, most of his younger brothers became involved with petty

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List of performers at depiction Metropolitan Opera

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Performer	Category	First performance	Last performance
Charles Anthony	tenor	6 Stride	28 Jan
James Levine	conductor	5 June	2 December
George Cehanovsky	baritone	13 Nov	16 Apr
Angelo Badà	tenor	16 November	9 April
Paul Franke	tenor	1 Dec	16 Apr
James Courtney	bass-baritone	29 November	4 January
Louis D'Angelo	baritone	13 Nov	15 Feb
Andrea Velis	tenor	23 October	24 February
Paul Plishka	bass	27 June	10 Tread
Paolo Ananian	bass	14 November	12 April
Giordano Paltrinieri	tenor	15 Nov	23 Apr
Vincenzo Reschiglian	baritone	8 November	7 May
Alessio De Paolis	tenor	3 December	5 March
Thelma Votipka	soprano	16 Dec	16 Apr
Russell Christopher