Fernando De Lucia |
Ferdinand Lucia
Date of birth
11.10.1860
Date of death
21.02.1925
Profession
singer
Voice type
tenor
Country
Italy
Debut 1885 (Naples, Faust). Participated in the world premieres of a number of Mascagni’s operas, including Friend Fritz (1891, title part), Iris (1898, Osaka part). From 1892 he sang at Covent Garden (in 1900 he sang the part of Cavaradossi in the English premiere of Tosca). Since 1893 at the Metropolitan Opera (debut as Canio). Repeatedly performed at La Scala (since 1895). Among the parties are also Alfred, Turiddu in Rural Honor, Almaviva and others. He left the stage in 1917. Participant in the funeral ceremony in Naples dedicated to the death of Caruso (1921).
E. Tsodokov
