ENO’s Duke has died

ENO’s Duke has died

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norman lebrecht

August 09, 2018

English National Opera has announced the death of Arthur Davies who played the Duke in Jonathan Miller’s indelible production of Rigoletto – in both the first run and five subsequent revivals.

He was 77.

Among Arthur’s other ENO roles between 1981 and 1997 were Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Gabrielle Adorno in Simon Boccanegra, Lensky in Eugene Onegin and the title roles of Faust and Werther.

 

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