Divoxical
Donald Guadagni
Verb.
The ability to clearly project two distinct and separate vocal ranges simultaneously.
Historical background.
The Giovanni Gespi triplets.
Born in Florence Italy December 13th, 1811
Three youngest of 13 children.
The Giovanni Gespi triplets were divoxically gifted singers who could perform solo duets as well as operatic pieces in tenor and alto ranges mimicking female and male voice simultaneously. They made their debut performing in the opera Nabucco composed by Giuseppe Verdi in 1841.
They gained immense popularity and notoriety for their artistic interpretation and performance of Va pensiero at the opera house La Scala in Milan on March 9th, 1842. Sadly the triplets died less than two months later on May 8th, 1842 in the Versailles rail accident:
Historical note: The Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini who died on the 13th of November 1868 was cited by H. S. Edwards' biography of Gioachino Rossini (1869) as having advanced the modern notion of the unluckiness of the number 13.
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Donald Guadagni is an international educator, author, and writer currently teaching and conducting research in Beijing, China. His publication work includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, academic, photography and his artwork. Former iterations, military, law enforcement, prisons, engineering, and wayward son.