Amelita Galli-Curci
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Amelita Galli-Curci was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano. She was one of the most famous operatic singers of the 20th century and a popular recording artist, with her records selling in large numbe
Galli Curci, Amelita, 1882 1963
Signed portrait of Galli-Curci, 1931
Galli-Curci typing in a fur coat, circa 1920
Galli-Curci with Homer Samuels
Grave of the Fireflies
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Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 Japanese animated war film written and directed by Isao Takahata. It stars the voices of Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, and Akemi Yamaguchi. Base
Amelita Galli-Curci
…Galli-Curci is honoured on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording, with a star located at 6121 Hollywood Boulevard. In Studio Ghibli's film Grave of the Fireflies, her recording of "Home! Sweet Home!" is played at the end. In the film Wake in Fright (1971), Galli-Curci's recording of "Caro nome" from Rigoletto…
Theatrical release poster
Incendiary bombs being dropped onto Kobe, the setting of the film