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    Can anyone tell me why the great tenor Enrico Caruso is remembered as "The Fox of Scotland" in opera circles in Sicily ?

    Question #129596. Asked by merrijig. (Feb 18 13 4:23 AM)


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    		Caruso explained the event as such:

    "When I went to sing my role as Edgardo, I slurred the lines: 'sorte dalla Scozia' sounded like 'volpe dalla Scozia.' I was jeered off the stage. After that I was ready to quit, to leave Sicily forever. Mugnone brought in another tenor to take my place. But, imagine this, the audience wouldn't accept a substitute, and he had to call me back because they kept shouting for the little drunken singer; they kept calling for me as the 'fox of Scotland."

    http://www.hayne.net/dimichele/books/tenor/excerpt.html

    Feb 18 13, 8:57 AM

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