Sudden death of French bass-baritone
RIPBackstage Opera Management are in shock at the sudden death of their artist Virgile Ancely. No cause has yet been disclosed, Virgile was engaged to be married to the mezzo-soprano Floriane Hasler.
Virgile sang a Mozart Requiem in Finland on November 2 and was due to perform the Lully and Charpentier Te Deums at Versailles on December 5.
Tragic indeed. Our sympathies and condolences to M. Ancely’s family and friends.
He was a good friend and a fabulous colleague. This is such shocking news.