The sign made the claim that âdeadly nightshadeâ is actually a choice edible. Unfortunately, thereâs considerable confusion over the popular name âdeadly nightshade.â The plant most commonly referred to as âdeadly nightshade,â is Atropa belladonna, which is a highly unpleasant and toxic hallucinogen. âBlack nightshade,â Solanum nigrum, on the other hand, is edible.
Enrico Caruso. Enrico Caruso (Italian pronunciation: [enËriËko kaËruËzo]; 25 February 1873 â 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic.
Soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs (born July 11, 1925) was the first black singer to perform at La Scala, making her debut in 1953 as Elvira in L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI. Though preceded at the Met by Marian Anderson in 1955, Dobbs was the first black singer to be offered a long-term contract by the Metropolitan Opera (1956).