NICOLA FILACURIDI (GREEK: ΝΙΚΌΛΑΟΣ
ΦΥΛΑΚΟΥΡΊΔΗΣ, NIKÓLAOS PHYLAKOURÍDĒS) (ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, JUNE 1, 1920 – SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA, FEBRUARY 12, 2009)
He was educated by an Italian teacher in Alexandria and made his debut
there in 1945 as Turiddu in Cavalleria
Rusticana. This was followed by a commitment at the Opera of Cairo,
after which he went to Italy to complete his studies with Federico Dal Cupulo.
In 1949, he began his Italian career at the Municipal Theater of Savona,
performing as Alfredo in La Traviata.
He achieved great success in Trieste and on a tour of Spain. In 1950, he
appeared at the Opera of Rio de Janeiro, and the same year, he sang at the
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Maurizio in Adriana
Lecouvreur. He performed at the opera houses of Venice, Naples, Parma, and
Turin, as well as at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, and eventually at La
Scala. He made his debut there in 1953 in the modern opera Leonore 40-45 by Liebermann, and on
January 26, 1957, he sang in the premiere of the opera Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc. He had special
success at La Scala in 1958 as the Cardinal in Matthias the Painter by P. Hindemith and in 1961 as Hoffmann in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. His career
included appearances on Italian radio and television, as well as guest tours in
France, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, and Spain. From 1948 to 1951, he performed
at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels
(1957), the Aix-en-Provence Festival (as José in Carmen, 1957), Covent Garden Opera (1956), Glyndebourne Festival
(1960), and the Vienna State Opera (1957-1960), eventually performing at the
Sydney Opera House in 1976. In 1955, he appeared in Palermo in the premiere of
the opera Il Capello di Paglia di
Firenze by N. Rota, and in 1956, he performed at the Teatro San Carlo in
Naples in the premiere of the opera La
Guerra by Renzo Rossellini. After retiring from the stage, Filacuridi
embarked on a new and very successful career as a real estate agent in
Australia.
TRACKLIST
1. Boheme (Puccini)
Che gelida manina
2. Boheme (Puccini) O
soave fanciulla with unknown soprano
3. Carmen (Bizet) Je
vais danser en votre honneur with Janette Vivalda
4. Carmen (Bizet) La
fleur que tu m'avais jetée
5. Carmen (Bizet)
Parle-moi de ma mère with Janette Vivalda
6. Carmen (Bizet)
Près des remparts de Séville with Janette Vivalda
7. Fedora (Giordano)
Mia madre
8. L'elisir d'amore
(Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima
9. Madame Butterfly
(Puccini) Bimba dagli occhi with unknown soprano
10. Mefistofele (Boito) Dai campi,
dai prati
11. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la
giubba
12. Puritani (Bellini) A te, o cara
with David Ward, Giuseppe Modesti and Joan Sutherland
13. Puritani (Bellini) Nel mirarti
un solo istante with Joan Sutherland
14. Puritani (Bellini) Vieni fra
queste braccia with Joan Sutherland
15. Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna e
mobile
16. Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle
17. Tosca (Puccini) Recondita
armonia
18. Turandot (Puccini) Non piangere
Liù
19. Werther (Massenet) Ah! non mi
ridestar
20. Zaza (Leoncavallo) O mio piccolo tavolo Zaza
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