Magda Olivero’s Summer Seashells

Magda Olivero is a singer whose reputation in America has reached the status of legend. Her performances in Europe as such Puccini heroines as Mimi, Manon Lescaut, Minnie, Cio-Cio-San, Liu, and Tosca were highly acclaimed, yet her debut at the Metropolitan Opera (as Tosca) came quite late in her career. Miss Olivero’s interpretations of many of the great soprano roles are always stylish and distinctive, and her fans are among the most ardent I’ve ever encountered. Miss Olivero, who was bom