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Reunion: Frank Guarrera.(Biography)

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| August 01, 2003 | Bernheimer, Martin | COPYRIGHT 2003 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Frank Guarrera was an invaluable fixture--a canny singing-actor, an esteemed team player and a pillar of reliability--at the Metropolitan Opera during the golden age of baritones. He held his own for twenty-eight seasons, starting in 1948, when he was only twenty-five, mustering thirty-five assignments in 676 performances. His ego wasn't grand enough to preclude understudy duties or student matinees, but certain roles virtually belonged to Guarrera. He puffed a rakish cigar and flourished Escamillo's cape in eighty-four Carmens and was the most sympathetic of Marcellos in seventy-one Bohemes. He died as Valentin in fifty-three Fausts, pranced as Ping in forty-nine ...

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