NICOLA FILACURIDI (GREEK: ΝΙΚΌΛΑΟΣ
ΦΥΛΑΚΟΥΡΊΔΗΣ, NIKÓLAOS PHYLAKOURÍDĒS) (ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO JUNE 1, 1920 – SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA FEBRUARY 12, 2009)
He was educated by an
Italian educator in Alexandria and debuted there in 1945 as Turiddu in ‘’Cavalleria
Rusticana’’. It was followed by a commitment at the Opera of Cairo, finally he
went to Italy and completed his studies there with Federico Dal Cupulo. In 1949
he began his Italian career at the Municipal Theater of Savona as Alfredo in ‘’La
Traviata’’. He had a great success in Trieste and on a tour of Spain. In 1950
he appeared at the Opera of Rio de Janeiro, the same year he sang at the Teatro
dell'Opera di Roma as Maurizio in ‘’Adriana Lecouvreur’’. He appeared at the
opera houses of Venice, Naples, Parma and Turin, at the Maggio musicale of
Florence, then also at La Scala. Here he made his debut in 1953 in the modern
opera ‘’Leonore 40-45’’ by Liebermann, also sang on 26. 1. 1957 in the premiere
of the opera ‘’Dialogues des Carmélites’’ by Fr. Poulenc. He had a special
successes at La Scala in 1958 as Cardinal in ‘’Matthias the Painter’’ by P.
Hindemith and in 1961 as Hoffmann in ‘’Les Contes d'Hoffmann’’. This was
followed by appearances on Italian radio and on television, guest tours in
France, Belgium, Portugal, Germany and Spain. From 1948 to 1951 he performed at
the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (1957), at
the Aix-en-Provence Festival (as José in ‘’Carmen’’, 1957), at the Covent
Garden Opera (1956), at the Glyndebourne Festival (1960), then at the Vienna
State Opera (1957-1960) and the Sydney Opera House (1976). In 1955 he appeared
in Palermo in the premiere of the opera ‘’Il Capello di Paglia di Firenze’’ by
N. Rota. In 1956 he performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in the premiere
of the opera ‘’La Guerra’’ by Renzo Rossellini. After quitting the stage,
Filacuridi embarked in 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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