Salvatore Licitra [SEP] voice type
Salvatore Licitra
Salvatore Licitra (10 August 1968 – 5 September 2011) was an Italian operatic tenor.
Early life and debuts.
Born in Bern, Switzerland, to Sicilian parents, Licitra grew up in Milan. He fell into opera by accident. As many tenors before him, he was not altogether confident about his vocal capabilities and started working as a graphic artist for Italian "Vogue". At the age of 19 he began attending singing classes on a regular basis and enrolled at the Music Academy of Parma
Terfel.
Death.
On 27 August 2011, Licitra sustained severe head and chest injuries when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while riding his motor scooter and crashed into a wall in Donnalucata, Scicli, Ragusa Province, Sicily. He remained in a coma for nine days in the Garibaldi Hospital in Catania and was pronounced dead on 5 September 2011. His body was taken to lie in repose in Catania's opera house, the Teatro Massimo Bellini.
External links.
- Official website of Salvatore Licitra
- Salvatore