Fernando de Lucia
Fernando de Lucia (* 1860 in Naples ; † 1925 there ) was an Italian opera singer ( tenor ) and singing teacher.
Life
He made his debut in 1885 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in the title role of Charles Gounod's opera " Faust ". He later sang in Bologna, Florence, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, at the Drury Lane Theater in London and at the Covent Garden Opera London, in Madrid, at the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, in Montevideo, Barcelona, at the Grand Opéra Paris , in Brussels, Lisbon and at the Metropolitan Opera New York.
He participated in the world premieres of various contemporary operas: 1891 in "L'Amico Fritz" by Pietro Mascagni , 1892 in "I Rantzau" by Mascagni, 1885 in "Silvana" by Mascagni, 1898 in "Iris" by Mascagni, 1905 in " Via Bretonne ”by Leopoldo Mugnone, 1907 in“ Marcella ”by Umberto Giordano . In 1910 he received a professorship at the Conservatory in Naples.
In contrast to his thirteen-year-old colleague Enrico Caruso , whose work was dominated by the then emerging verismo , de Lucia was still one of the bel canto singers. He recorded over 400 records. In 1921 de Lucia sang “Pietà, Signore” by Alessandro Stradella at Enrico Caruso's funeral .
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 3. Edition. Saur, 1997-2000, Vol. 2. pp. 839 f.
- Jürgen Kesting: The great singers . Claasen Publishing House
Web links
- Fernando de Lucia at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | De Lucia, Fernando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1925 |
| Place of death | Naples |