One Night of Love in his usual place in the prompter's box. The complete proscenium and part of the wings and seating plan of the Metropolitan Opera House were duplicated for this production and occupied the whole of Columbia's largest sound stage. Moore's recording and performance of the "Un bel di" aria from "Madame Butterfly" did not go smoothly, as she had trouble hitting the high notes. According to a later biography, she flew into a rage and blamed the orchestra, however, when studio boss Harry Cohn asked Columbia music director, Morris Stoloff, what the problem was, Stoloff replied, "There's nothing wrong with the
Bel Canto (restaurant) Bel Canto (restaurant) Bel Canto is a chain of restaurants, based in Paris, France, where singers perform live opera arias for the diners. Bel Canto employs opera singers as waiters and waitresses. The singers usually work in groups of four, and every 15 minutes a different opera aria is performed. As of 2008, Bel Canto employed 50 singers and 10 pianists. The restaurants are decorated in red and gold velvet, with musical instruments and opera costumes lining the walls. The first Bel Canto restaurant opened in Paris in 1999, and since then another restaurant opened in Paris, and a third