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In memoriam Veriano Lucchetti, 1939-2012
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Stephen Jay-Taylor
Apr 23, 2012, 8:51:26 PM4/23/12
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A fine, much undervalued singer, whose worst problem was being on the
scene at exactly the time of the relative primes of Carreras, Domingo
and Pavarotti, whose repertory he shared. I only heard him live on two
occasions, both here. One was the Verdi Requiem under Solti (with the
even rarer for London Leontyne Price); the other was as Gabriele
Adorno in Boccanegra with La Scala's forces under Abbado at the ROH. I
thought he was rather fine, and would happily have heard much more of
him. I believe he leaves a widow, the soprano Mietta Sighele (it's her
tootling Elvira in "I puritani" in the jungle on the soundtrack of
Herzog's bizarrely wonderful "Fitzcarraldo"). R.I.P.
SJT
scene at exactly the time of the relative primes of Carreras, Domingo
and Pavarotti, whose repertory he shared. I only heard him live on two
occasions, both here. One was the Verdi Requiem under Solti (with the
even rarer for London Leontyne Price); the other was as Gabriele
Adorno in Boccanegra with La Scala's forces under Abbado at the ROH. I
thought he was rather fine, and would happily have heard much more of
him. I believe he leaves a widow, the soprano Mietta Sighele (it's her
tootling Elvira in "I puritani" in the jungle on the soundtrack of
Herzog's bizarrely wonderful "Fitzcarraldo"). R.I.P.
SJT
Dorme Riposa
Apr 23, 2012, 10:32:12 PM4/23/12
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On Apr 23, 5:51 pm, Stephen Jay-Taylor <sjaytay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
I saw him only once, in a 1979 San Francisco Forza, with L. Price,
Sarabia, Talvela and Taddei (as Melitone). Very impressive guy, had
never heard him or heard of him before that. Back then we expected
good singing, so it wasn't a surprise that he was as good as he was.
Within a few years, it all fell apart.
dav
P.S. Happy Shakespeare's birthday!
wrote:
Sarabia, Talvela and Taddei (as Melitone). Very impressive guy, had
never heard him or heard of him before that. Back then we expected
good singing, so it wasn't a surprise that he was as good as he was.
Within a few years, it all fell apart.
dav
P.S. Happy Shakespeare's birthday!
Dorme Riposa
Apr 23, 2012, 10:35:07 PM4/23/12
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Stephen Jay-Taylor
Apr 23, 2012, 11:26:26 PM4/23/12
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> P.S. Happy Shakespeare's birthday!
I'll be sure to pass your good wishes on to him later today (he could
> P.S. Happy Shakespeare's birthday!
just as easily have been born on the 24th: we only have his baptismal
record from the 26th, and extrapolate from that).
Both the Globe (thanks to Sam Wanamaker) and the Royal Shakespeare
Company (thanks to Peter Hall) are just beginning complete cycles of
all 37 plays to tie in with the influx of tourists contingent upon
EIIR's Diamond Jubilee and the upcoming Olympics. They come in, and I
smartly hop off to Salzburg for Kaufmann's first Bacchus and umpteenth
Don José. Win win all round.
SJT
edo...@gmail.com
Apr 24, 2012, 11:39:02 AM4/24/12
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Price, Bruson, Siepi. I was in SF for a couple of those performances
and they were wonderful, and he more than held his own with the super
stars! He was a fine tenor. RIP.
Ed
jefro...@gmail.com
Sep 15, 2012, 2:17:58 PM9/15/12
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Jeffrey Roberts
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