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Nicola Filacuridi (Greek: Νικόλαος Φυλακουρίδης, ''Nikólaos Phylakourídēs'') (Alexandria June 1, 1920 – Sydney February 12, 2009) was an Egyptian-born operatic tenor of Greek origin, who had an illustrious career in Italy in the 1950s. Filacuridi was born in Alexandria, Egypt into a family of Greek origin. He first studied in his native city with Ettore Cordone and made his debut at the Cairo Opera in 1945, as Turiddu in ''Cavalleria rusticana''. Shortly after this, he left for Italy to continue his studies with Federico Del Cupolo. He made his Italian stage debut in Savona, as Alfredo, in 1949. The following year, he appeared at the Rome Opera as Maurizio in ''Adriana Lecouvreur''. He then sang at all the major opera houses of Italy, Trieste, Venice, Parma, Turin, Florence, Naples, etc. He made his La Scala debut in 1953, in a contemporary work ''Leonore 40/45'' by Rolf Liebermann, and took part in the premiere of the ''Dialogues of the Carmelites'' in 1957. He also sang in Paul Hindemith's ''Mathis der Maler'' in 1958. Throughout the 1950s he was very active singing on Italian radio and television (RAI) appearing notably in productions of ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', opposite Anna Moffo, ''La traviata'', opposite Rosanna Carteri and Carlo Tagliabue, ''Adriana Lecouvreur'', opposite Marcella Pobbé and Fedora Barbieri, and ''Un ballo in maschera'', again with Pobbé. In 1954 he starred in the role of Pinkerton in the film adaptation of ''Madama Butterfly'' directed by Carmine Gallone and shot on location in Italy. He also began making guest appearances outside Italy, notably at the Monte Carlo Opera, at La Monnaie in Brussels, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Glyndebourne. He also appeared in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, the Dallas Opera opposite Maria Callas and the Sydney Opera House. In 1964 Filacuridi decided to retire from the stage and move with his family in Australia. His last appearances on that year were at a production of ''Carmen'' of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company and later in New Zealand where he interpreted again the character of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. After quitting the stage, Filacuridi embarked in a new and very successful career as a real estate agent in Australia. Filacuridi sang a wide range of roles in operas such as; ''Rigoletto'', ''Un ballo in maschera'', ''La bohème'', ''Tosca'', ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'', ''Louise'', ''Werther'', ''Idomeneo'', and ''Lohengrin''. He also created roles in contemporary works such as ''Il cappello di paglia di Firenze'' by Nino Rota and ''La Guerra'' by Renzo Rossellini. He sang some 65 roles throughout his career. He also appeared in the screen adaptation of Puccini's ''"Madame Butterfly"'', directed by Carmine Gallone in 1955, in the role of Pinkerton. ==Sources== * (Operissimo.com directory entry in German ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicola Filacuridi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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