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Singer Leonard Warren died after performing in the opera La forza del destino at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He had sung Don Carlo's act III aria, which begins Morir, tremenda cosa ("to die, a momentous thing"), when he started coughing and gasping. He fell face first to the ground and it was revealed he had died of a massive heart attack.
2017 deaths in popular music ... Shipping News: 43: March 27, 2017: Aldo Guibovich ... The Twilight Singers: 50: June 27, 2017: Colon cancer [81] Gary DeCarlo
He subsequently sang at virtually every major opera house, including the Metropolitan Opera (debut 1995), the Berlin State Opera, La Scala and the Vienna State Opera. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of the title character in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin ; The New York Times described him as "born to play the role."
Soňa Červená, a Czech opera singer who became known for playing Carmen and more than 110 roles in San Francisco and other opera houses behind the Iron Curtain, has died. Červená died Sunday ...
This year has featured a lot of heartbreaking celebrity deaths. In 2017, we lost some incredibly beloved musicians like Tom Petty, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, former "Partridge Family" star ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2017. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
The singer was a close friend of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who also committed suicide by hanging in May. Bennington was found dead on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
Kristine Kay Jepson (28 July 1962 – 21 April 2017) was an American mezzo-soprano. Jepson was one of four children born to Magnus Jepson and Dorothy Jepson, and the only daughter among the siblings. She grew up in Onawa, Iowa, and graduated from West Monona High School.