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Colonia del Sacramento

(Encyclopedia)Colonia del Sacramento kōlōˈnyä ᵺĕl säkˌrämānˈtō [key], city, capital of...

Ituzaingó, battle of

(Encyclopedia)Ituzaingó, battle of ēˌto͞osīn-gōˈ [key], fought in S Uruguay, Feb. 20, 1827. A combined Argentine-Uruguayan force under Carlos María de Alvear decisively defeated Brazil. The United Provinces...

Gigli, Beniamino

(Encyclopedia)Gigli, Beniamino bānyämēˈnō jēˈlyē [key], 1890–1957, Italian tenor. He made his debut (1914) at Rovigo, Italy, as Enzo in La Gioconda. At the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, he was a lead...

Peerce, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Peerce, Jan, 1904–85, American tenor, b. New York City as Jacob Pincus Perelmuth. Discovered by Arturo Toscanini, who chose him to be a soloist in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Peerce...

Portofino

(Encyclopedia)Portofino pôrˈtōfēˈnō [key], town (1991 pop. 608), Liguria, NW Italy, on the southeast end of the promontory of Portofino. It is a fishing port and tourist center known for its lace industry. Ne...

Bouguereau, Adolphe William

(Encyclopedia)Bouguereau, Adolphe William ädôlfˈ, bo͞ogrōˈ [key], 1825–1905, French academic painter. He won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and became extremely popular during the 1860s and 70s. He is famous for ...

Thomas, John Charles

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, John Charles, 1891–1960, American baritone, b. Meyersdale, Pa., studied at the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore. After a successful career in musical comedy he made his operatic debut in Wash...

Becque, Henry François

(Encyclopedia)Becque, Henry François äNrēˈ fräNswäˈ bĕk [key], 1837–99, French dramatist. His plays, which portrayed Parisian life in realistic detail, influenced French naturalistic drama. Among them are...

Saint Maurice

(Encyclopedia)Saint Maurice sānt môrˈĭs, Fr. săN môrēsˈ [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Laurentian Mts., S Que., Canada, and flowing SE and S to the St. Lawrence River at Trois Rivières...

Seillière, Ernest, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Seillière, Ernest, Baron ĕrnĕstˈ bärôNˈ sāyĕrˈ [key], 1866–1955, French critic and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of romanticism and for his philosophy of “imperialism.” ...