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I've read a story that during a broadcast performance of Carmen from the Met in the 1950s, Mario del Monaco (José) held her arm so tightly that she could be heard saying under her breath "You're breaking my arm". And he did. Apparently, the bone could be heard snapping in the broadcast. Is this
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What happened is that
Stevens had sprained her arm while playing tennis and then during the third act of the performance Di Stefano twisted the arm just enough that it (yes, literally) broke.
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My parents named me for her and they always pronounced it REE-sa, as do I. Most opera buffs recognize this as her name.
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I've always heard it said as if it were (more or less) "REE-za", with the emphasis on the first syllable.
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OK, wrong guy. But did he actually, literally, break her arm, or was that a bit of hyperbole? --
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