Fernando de Lucia

Fernando de Lucia was among the bridges between nineteenth and twentieth hundred years styles, a web link that’s reflected, appropriately more than enough, in his profession. He started his career being a lyric tenor, verging on tenore di grazia, but by the finish from the hundred years he was more developed being a verismo tenor. He also trained a few of the most prominent tenors from the initial half from the twentieth hundred years, including Ivan Petroff, Enzo de Muro Lomanto, and Georges Thill. Like his modern Enrico Caruso (he sang at Caruso’s funeral), he previously an nearly baritonal timbre and rather limited best, and especially in his verismo jobs he was frequently in comparison to Caruso. He analyzed voice in the Naples Conservatory, where his educators included Vincenzo Lombardi. His opera debut is at the title part of Gounod’s Faust in 1885 in the Teatro San Carlo. In 1887, he produced his London debut in the Drury Street Theater, though his London triumphs weren’t to arrive until 1893 and his Covent Backyard debut as Canio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. This founded him like a preferred at that home. 1893 also designated his Metropolitan Opera debut, though he sang only 1 time of year there. His verismo tasks had used a toll on his tone of voice and by 1909, he previously greatly decreased his stage looks. He offered his last overall performance, in the name part of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz, in 1917, though he continuing to create recordings. Though several show some put on on his tone of voice and much from the materials was transposed down, actually the past due recordings display his profound feeling of musical design in both bel canto and verismo universities.