Gabor Carelli as Don Curzio Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

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Gabor Carelli as Don Curzio in Mozart's Nozzo di Figaro
Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon
Gabor Carelli (born as Krausz, Gábor Pál) (1915 – 22 January 1999) was
a Hungarian classical tenor who had an important career in operas and concerts in North America during the mid-20th century.
He was notably committed to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1951 to 1974 where he gave a total of 1,079 performances. Music critic Elizabeth Forbes stated that he had "a lyrical voice, a stylish technique and an aptitude for comedy." In 1964 he joined the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, where he taught singing and worked as an ensemble instructor until his death in Manhattan at the age of 83.
Louis Mélançon
(1901-1974) was the in-house
photographer
for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.