Joey Russ 7,228 Posted November 22, 2017 3 hours ago, msc said: Posted in the entirely wrong place: Obit was never a worry. State of illness last December was. Still, these things happen. Like Sharon Jones. I never doubted his obit, he just didn’t seem deathlisty at all... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 3, 2018 "Legendary" Lithuanian opera singer Virgilijus Noreika dead at 82: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/03/c_137013919.htm (chinese source for lithuanian opera singer - wow!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted March 3, 2018 14 minutes ago, gcreptile said: "Legendary" Lithuanian opera singer Virgilijus Noreika dead at 82: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/03/c_137013919.htm (chinese source for lithuanian opera singer - wow!) People's Artist of USSR in 1970. They fall like flies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 20, 2018 Italian bass Bonaldo Giaiotti died June 12th. Announcement made today (June 19th). http://operawire.com/obituary-italian-bass-bonaldo-giaiotti-dies-at-85/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 20, 2018 Hey alt obits guy, I like your work. Good to see you finding the threads, I know it takes a while. I was in charge of all the human obscura posts, looks like you've taken over lol Anyway don't let it be said SC can't dole out a compliment on rare occasion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 16, 2018 Andres Ramirez, a tenor with the L.A. opera theatre company since age 11, has died. He was 28. https://theviolinchannel.com/la-opera-tenor-andres-ramirez-died-passed-away-obituary-28/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 861 Posted July 17, 2018 13 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Andres Ramirez, a tenor with the L.A. opera theatre company since age 11, has died. He was 28. https://theviolinchannel.com/la-opera-tenor-andres-ramirez-died-passed-away-obituary-28/ He's a rebel getting past 27. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 18, 2018 John Lankston at 84. Won the Grammy for Best Opera Performance for Candide. http://operawire.com/obituary-john-lankston-dies-at-84/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 18, 2018 On 20/06/2018 at 08:28, Sir Creep said: Hey alt obits guy, I like your work. Good to see you finding the threads, I know it takes a while. I was in charge of all the human obscura posts, looks like you've taken over lol Anyway don't let it be said SC can't dole out a compliment on rare occasion. Thank you. (Just seeing this today, July 18th) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 18, 2018 6 hours ago, charon said: John Lankston at 84. Won the Grammy for Best Opera Performance for Candide. http://operawire.com/obituary-john-lankston-dies-at-84/ Scavenger hunt DP by chance?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 18, 2018 Not me SC, not got a team in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 18, 2018 Terry Hawkins, a renown opera singer who sang as a soloist for numerous companies and who made appearances on both the Ed Sullivan show and the Tonight Show, died July 8th. He was 80. https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pottstown/pottstown-native-renown-opera-singer-dies-80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,582 Posted July 19, 2018 15 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Scavenger hunt DP by chance?? Not a pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 24, 2018 Isabel Nawe, a Polish-born soprano who starred in 'Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin', aka the 'Berlin State Opera', from 1970 to the mid-1990s, has died. She was 75. http://slippedisc.com/2018/07/berlins-polish-opera-star-has-died-at-75/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 9, 2018 Arthur Davies, a tenor best known for playing 'Duke' in the English National Opera production of 'Rigoletto', both the original and the revival, has died. He was 77. http://slippedisc.com/2018/08/enos-duke-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted August 26, 2018 German Soprano Inge Borkh has died at 97 (link in German). https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/nachruf-inge-borkh-singen-um-darzustellen-ld.1315965 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 19, 2018 Opera "powerhouse" David DI CHiera, dead at 83: https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/18/david-dichiera-dead-dies-detroit-opera-michigan-house/1329892002/ DDP pick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 19, 2018 11 hours ago, gcreptile said: Opera "powerhouse" David DI CHiera, dead at 83: https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/18/david-dichiera-dead-dies-detroit-opera-michigan-house/1329892002/ DDP pick Well, I'll be damned, a QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6185701/Detroit-opera-fine-arts-champion-David-DiChiera-dies-83.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted September 19, 2018 Already on the site. Classy pick, one of my favourites in this year for research I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 19, 2018 His pancreatic cancer was high on the search results for a long time, or so it seemed to me. But the AP obit was the question I thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 19, 2018 Definitely a classy pick. Wish I had picked him somewhere before his death... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 19, 2018 I saw the Plasmatics and the B-52s (two different shows) at what would become the Detroit Opera House. Pavarotti opened the place back around 1995. I wonder if he chainsawed a tv like Wendy O.? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted September 20, 2018 David DiChiera? Michelangelo. Hope someone on the forum will undestand the joke... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted September 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Sir Creep said: I saw the Plasmatics and the B-52s (two different shows) at what would become the Detroit Opera House. Pavarotti opened the place back around 1995. I wonder if he chainsawed a tv like Wendy O.? SC My all-time-favorite-band!!! When was it and how did you like them? Kate or Cindy??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Book said: My all-time-favorite-band!!! When was it and how did you like them? Kate or Cindy??? They were loads of fun, original lineup back then (1982 I think). The building was actually one of the original motion picture theaters in the USA, built in the 1920s. The stage was massive as it was a theater and/or stage productions. (well here, here is the history rather than me guessing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Opera_House). So Fred and the gang had lots of room to party out of bounds. Only downside is that it WAS a theater, and there was seating, meaning it wasn't designed for dancing around other than near your seat. I'd have liked to see them at a general admission open floor place, maybe would have been cool. I saw the Stray Cats at this venue as well, I had forgotten to mention. LOL I"m not choosing sides, Kate AND Cindy! [Edit: From Wiki: "The present Detroit Opera House opened in 1922 and was known as the Capitol Theatre. It was among the first of several performance venues built around Detroit's Grand Circus Park. When it opened, the Capitol was reportedly the fifth largest movie theater in the world, seating about 3,500 people. In 1929, the Capitol Theater became the Paramount Theater, and in 1934, the Broadway Capitol Theater." I had almost forgotten this. In typical Detroit fashion, they trash their history for modernism. It's amazing anything is saved. I went to school a couple blocks from the ongoing renovations to the opera house. One day they were tearing down the facade and behind the present day sign on the entrance was a large metal sign that said 'Paramount' in stylized lettering known to them. It had been lovingly tossed in the construction bin. Sometimes I hate my city of birth and/or the attitudes of people these days. If I could have climbed the fence and dragged that sonovabitch sign away and kept it I would have. SC] Edited September 20, 2018 by Sir Creep 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
