Ruffo

Titta, baritone, b. in Tuscany, spending boyhood in Rome; father an artist in iron and bronze, the boy following the same line, even while he was a pupil at St Cecilia Cons.; was told he had neither voice nor dramatic ability for an operatic career; later tutored by his brother, Ettore, he showed great promise; d6but at the Costanzi Th., Rome, as the Herald in Lohengrin: first succe was at Catania, as Renato in Un hallo in maschera; then followed engagements in various European cities; with Metropolitan Opera Co N. Y,, 1912-13 and following season; he is an ardent student of Shakespeare; family name is Titta. Rundman, John, critic. Since 1894 music critic for the London Saturday Review, editor and publisher of The Chord and the Musicians Library; author of Old Scores and New Readings a collection of e ays which previously appeared in various magazines. 299 SAMMARCO s