Cordovan tenor Pedro Lavirgen passed away this Saturday. 93 years old After a career full of achievements and recognition in the world of opera. dies with it One of the most important voices of Spanish poetrycharacterized by a musicality that captivated the world.
Born in 1930 in Bujalance, expressed from childhood. musical dispositionalthough there were two events that led her to her singing career: on the one hand, her imprisonment for three years in the hospital of the San Juan de Dios Brothers in Córdoba, where the choir is a part of and, on the other hand, the influence of Bujalance pastor Don Ladislao Senostain, who organized a choir and made it its soloist. finished high school, receives the title of national teacher and goes to Madrid; Here, While teaching his lessons, he also takes the exam by taking the exam. Spanish National Radio Chamber Choir.
After that changing teaching and singing for a while, While studying music at the conservatory and landscape art at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, he dropped out and became a member of the choir at the Teatro de la Zarzuela. meet frost Miguel Barrosa He is a singing teacher, and before that, a highly acclaimed tenor and singer in Italy for two decades, having completed his training.
He is one of the rare tenors to sing at the Vienna Opera for 16 consecutive years. on the big world stages until a singing legend.
One of the people closest to Tenor Manuel Muñoz Moya, president of the Los amigos de la opera society, He says he received the news “in pain” because “I have many, many good memories”. “This is an astonishing loss. because Pedro Lavirgen a great opera singer and triumphed in the world’s great theaters, from La Scala in Milan to the Metropolitan”, concludes Muñoz.
If he is a piano professor Juan Miguel Moreno Calderon He also expressed his sadness at the death of the tenor, whose great importance he emphasized in the world of poetry. «Infinite possibilities on the stage and the power of communication».
He has received numerous awards throughout his long and fruitful career. 1963 and 1972 National Theater Awards, Gold medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid in 1967, Gold medal of the Círculo de la Ópera de México in 1965, That of Barcelona High School in 1969, Verdi d’Or in 1973 and Jussi Björling from Modena in 1977. Nearly retired from the stage in 1993, he took a singing chair at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid.
Condolences from the Municipality of Bujalance
HE Bujalance City Council lamented the death of Pedro Lavirgen on its social network Facebook.He was the town’s favorite son. “We extend our deepest condolences to family and friends from here. It is a sad day for Bujalance, culture and music.”