Death of a fine German baritone, 91
mainJolanta Nicolai has reported to us the death of Claudio Nicolai, a mainstay of the opera in Cologne, where he was dubbed ‘the cavalier baritone.’
He sang 1,066 performances in the city.
Born Claus Hennecke, the son of an admiral in the German navy, he joined Cologne in 1964 and sang through to retirment in 1989.
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