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Latest comment: 18 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
It seems to me that the title of this article should be Risë Stevens (with the umlaut) and that the redirect should be from Rise Stevens (without the unlaut). ForDorothy13:25, 29 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
That's correct - she did spell her name 'Risë'. Except isn't the umlaut a diaeresis? (An umlaut is used in German over an 'a', 'o' or 'u' where an 'e' has been left out; a diaeresis is used in French to signify that a vowel is to be pronounced separately (as in 'naïve', 'Noël'), and it is this use that is seen here (and that is often extended into English, in fact - as here or in the surname 'Brontë', for example). CW 15 April 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.81.113 (talk • contribs) 212.159.81.113 (UTC)
Latest comment: 15 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion
I've read a story that during a broadcast performance of Carmen from the Met in the 1950s, Mario del Monaco (José) held her arm so tightly that she could be heard saying under her breath "You're breaking my arm". And he did. Apparently, the bone could be heard snapping in the broadcast. Is this true? -- JackofOz (talk) 06:22, 14 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
What happened is that Stevens had sprained her arm while playing tennis and then during the third act of the performance Di Stefano twisted the arm just enough that it (yes, literally) broke. NewYork1956 (talk) 05:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)Reply