Wednesday, August 15, 2007
......This is how we found Damon, busily greeting Mario Lanza fans, and doing his best to answer all their eager questions. I bet everyone of them was wondering why it took so many years for Mario to be promoted at Festa Italiana, since he is THE tenor they remember most fondly, not only from all his recordings, but also his films. What a surprise his glorious voice must have been for them, coming from the Golden Age of Opera Tent! As you can see, the table is almost empty since they told me they had sold EVERYTHING! (and were taking orders for more). (There was also a table on the other side). Bob Dolfi also posted that since arriving back home, he is being flooded with good wishes and newspaper articles from people who remember when Mario sang in Milwaukee in 1947. I gave Bob one of those articles too. I'm sorry I didn't get any photos of the outside of the tent, but it was big and there were lots of other tents around it, all with different displays. They were also performances of operatic singers and choruses in this Opera Tent at various times throughout the day, as well as a production of "Madama Butterfly."
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