Fernando de Lucia

Fernando de Lucia ( * 1860 in Naples, † 1925 ) was an Italian operatic tenor.

He made ​​his debut in 1885 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in the title role of Charles Gounod's opera "Faust". Later he worked in Bologna, Florence, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, at the Drury Lane Theatre in London and at the Covent Garden Opera London, in Madrid, at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Barcelona, ​​at the Grand Opéra Paris, Brussels, Lisbon and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

He looks at the premieres of several contemporary operas with: 1891 in " L' Amico Fritz" by Pietro Mascagni, 1892 in "I Rantzau " by Mascagni, 1885 in " Silvana " by Mascagni, 1898 in " Iris" by Mascagni, 1905 " Via Bretonne " by Leopoldo Mugnone, 1907 in " Marcella " by Umberto Giordano. In 1910 he became a professor at the Conservatory in Naples.

In contrast to his thirteen years younger colleague Enrico Caruso, whose work was dedicated to the then-emerging verismo, de Lucia was still one of the bel canto singers. He recorded more than 400 records. 1921 sang de Lucia at the funeral of Enrico Caruso, the " Pietà, Signore " by Alessandro Stradella.