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Opera tenor Hercules Garofalo serenades Providence crowds atop tank
In Providence Rhode Island Anthony Hercules Garofalo a 40 year old unemployed laborer famed for lifting cars and bending steel sang Verdi arias from atop a gasoline tank during a hot summer night drawing police attention and applause from onlookers before dawn. He has long used street performances as his opera house despite stage fright and limited formal training.
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Providence
R.1
Anthony
Hercules
Garofalo
Tosca
Otello
Mary Langdon
University of Rhode Island
Marguerite Ruffino-Conner
Providence Opera
William Tocco
Johnston
Providence Police
Tocco
Vincent Fraioli
Fraioli
Boston
Ms. Ruffino-Conner
Herc
Angelo Marinosti
Capitol Theater