gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 20, 2016 Diva Deva Dassy dead. http://slippedisc.com/2016/04/star-of-the-opera-comique-has-died-aged-104/ FTFY. I think I've found my name in drag. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 19, 2016 Long time ensemble member at La Scala, Chilean tenor Claudia Parada, dead at 89: http://slippedisc.com/2016/12/a-long-serving-la-scala-diva-has-died-at-85/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted February 9, 2017 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor, confirmed dead at 91. http://slippedisc.com/2017/02/nicolai-gedda-has-died-aged-91/ Mistakenly reported dead some time ago, this time I know it's for real... Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Gedda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted February 10, 2017 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor, confirmed dead at 91. http://slippedisc.com/2017/02/nicolai-gedda-has-died-aged-91/ Mistakenly reported dead some time ago, this time I know it's for real... Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Gedda Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/02/10/nicolai-gedda-all-time-great-tenor-obituary/ Another January death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 10, 2017 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor, confirmed dead at 91. http://slippedisc.com/2017/02/nicolai-gedda-has-died-aged-91/ Mistakenly reported dead some time ago, this time I know it's for real... Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Gedda Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/02/10/nicolai-gedda-all-time-great-tenor-obituary/ Another January death. That's the record then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted March 6, 2017 Kurt Moll, German bass, has died aged 78. Edit: The Telegraph obituary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 14, 2017 American soprano Kathleen Cassello dead at 58: https://slippedisc.com/2017/04/sad-news-one-of-three-sopranos-has-died-aged-58/ She was one of the "Three Sopranos", a project created after the phenomenal success of the "Three Tenors", but they never made it that big. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted June 8, 2017 British tenor John Brecknock has received (an albeit odd) death notice in the Telegraph: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214546/opera-singer IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106570/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 23, 2017 Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Austria, watching his replacement sing an aria, and then joining him for a while. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/musik/klassik_oper/900228_Eine-Sommernachtsrobengala.html (link to Austrian newspaper) They write that his brain tumour is now affecting his sense of balance. He also looks aged. Downie or him, who will go first... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted July 1, 2017 Now Hvorostovsky has cancelled his engagement for the whole upcoming season: http://www.sunherald.com/news/health/article158785584.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted August 8, 2017 Popular opera director Lee Blakeley, dead at 45 of a heart attack: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/08/08/lee-blakeley-opera-director-obituary/ (edit: so stupid, I was looking for a theatre thread, when the Opera thread would have sufficed.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted August 20, 2017 Was looking for an update on B-Team pick Herbert Kretzmer, and apparently he and his wife got scammed by Viagogo with invalid opera tickets: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4797398/West-End-legend-falls-victim-ticket-touts.html I like how The Daily Mail still uses Kretzmer to show that they've still got some class left, or at least used to have ("the Mail's former showbusiness correspondent"). Not much in there, health-wise. That episode with the ticket happened about half a year ago. I like, however, what his wife says: "I was very excited about seeing a proper performance, and wanted to take Herbert". Like he his some kind of accessoire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted August 20, 2017 Or he would be unable to go on his own? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted August 21, 2017 11 hours ago, msc said: Or he would be unable to go on his own? Yes, but more because he isn't mentally capable to make these decisions. At least that's how I interpreted it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 21, 2017 16 hours ago, msc said: Or he would be unable to go on his own? That's a rather personal question... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted September 17, 2017 Brenda Lewis (IBDd, IMDb), an American Soprano, has died aged 96. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted October 11, 2017 On 7/1/2017 at 12:34, gcreptile said: Now Hvorostovsky has cancelled his engagement for the whole upcoming season: http://www.sunherald.com/news/health/article158785584.html Hvorostovsky's agent forced to deny rumours of his death: https://www.rt.com/newsline/406297-hvorostovsky-opera-false-death-reports/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 11, 2017 I wonder if he'll become a hit this year. Looks like it goes down to the wire. Also, I have a feeling there'll be a big death tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted October 11, 2017 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: I wonder if he'll become a hit this year. Looks like it goes down to the wire. Also, I have a feeling there'll be a big death tomorrow. Big in DDP terms, a deathlist hit, or someone else? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,582 Posted October 11, 2017 18 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Big in DDP terms, a deathlist hit, or someone else? Maybe the final Scavenger Hunt hit! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 11, 2017 9 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Big in DDP terms, a deathlist hit, or someone else? Either a hit for me, for the DeathList or someone everybody knows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted October 12, 2017 14 hours ago, gcreptile said: I wonder if he'll become a hit this year. Looks like it goes down to the wire. Also, I have a feeling there'll be a big death tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 12, 2017 Sorry, I meant the DeathList, not the DDP. We're kind of out of DDP favourites not on the DeathList and not picked by me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted November 22, 2017 On 11.10.2017 at 04:42, YoungWillz said: Hvorostovsky's agent forced to deny rumours of his death: https://www.rt.com/newsline/406297-hvorostovsky-opera-false-death-reports/ Now he's dead. Daily Mail obit already around. Can't link right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted November 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Now he's dead. Daily Mail obit already around. Can't link right now. Posted in the entirely wrong place: Obit was never a worry. State of illness last December was. Still, these things happen. Like Sharon Jones. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
