Schipa, Tito
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| born on | 2 January 1889 at 05:10 (= 05:10 AM ) | ||
| Place | Lecce, Italy, 40n23, 18e11 | ||
| Timezone | GMT h0w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   12°04'  16°42 Asc. 26°26'
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Biography
Italian singer, the leading operatic tenor for 13 years after joining the Chicago Opera Company in 1919. He was also a member of the Metropolitan Opera, 1932, and a noted recording artist, with singing that was almost conversational in its intimacy. He composed songs and an operetta, conducted orchestras, spoke a number of languages and wrote an autobiography. Schipa left a legacy of records and ten full-length feature films.
In the U.S. he was lionized like a Hollywood matinee idol and, although married with children, made love to a legion of women. His obsessively jealous wife became an alcoholic and they separated. At 57, Schipa had a second family with a woman 35 years his junior, and continued his merry ways, having another child with still another woman.
Schipa's fees were as much as those of any other opera star but he squandered much of the money and with women and bad debts, losing the rest. After the war he was dogged in the U.S., Europe and South America by accusations by Walter Windhell, among others, that he had been "Mussolini's tenor."
Events
- Work : New Job 1919 at 12:00 midnight in Chicago, IL (Joined Chicago Opera Company)
- Work : New Job 1932 at 12:00 midnight in New York, NY (Joined the Metropolitan Opera)
Source Notes
Bordoni quotes B.C. (6:00 AM Rome time)
Categories
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut (Payload specialist, NASA)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/Opera
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Lifestyle : Work : Same Job more than 10 yrs (Chicago Opera Company)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Conductor
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Ten full-length feature films)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Unspecified number)
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Extramarital affairs (Made love to a legion of women)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs (Second wife 35 years younger)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Loss - Financial crisis (Extravagant, party and debts)
- Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Party animal (Wine, women and song)
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Chronic misery (Alcoholic first wife)
- Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Languages (Capable of singing in multiple languag)
