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Weary of opera house politics and convinced that opera was a dying art form, Galli-Curci retired from the operatic stage in
January, 1930 to concentrate instead on concert performances. Throat problems and the uncertain pitching of top notes had plagued her for several years, and she underwent
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also encouraged Galli-Curci's singing ambitions. By her own choice, Galli-Curci's voice was largely self-trained at the beginning of her career. She honed her technique by listening to other sopranos, reading old singing-method books, and doing piano exercises with her voice instead of using a
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Other researchers (Marchese-Ragona et al.) have argued that tracheal compression caused by a goiter put an early end to Galli-Curci's career as a coloratura soprano, but it was nerve damage caused during surgery that prevented her from prolonging her career as lyric or dramatic soprano.
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In 1908, Amelita Galli wed an
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Galli-Curci's voice can still be heard on original 78-rpm records and their LP and CD reissues. Based on her recorded legacy and contemporary assessments of Galli-Curci's performances in
England and America, the opera commentator Michael Scott, writing in volume 2 of
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Alfredo. She was one of the few singers of that era who were contracted to both opera companies simultaneously. Galli-Curci remained at the Met until her retirement from the operatic stage nine years later.
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Galli-Curci first arrived in the United States in the autumn of 1916 as a virtual unknown. Her stay in the US was intended to be brief, but the acclaim she received for her historic
American debut as Gilda in
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Galli-Curci toured extensively throughout her career, including a 1924 Great
Britain concert tour (she never sang in an opera there), where she appeared in 20 cities and a tour of Australia a year later.
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