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Nuccia Focile and David Lomelí in Recital

Jason Victor Serinus on November 11, 2009
Nuccia Focile

She’s a veteran Sicilian soprano who has sung at the Met, Covent Garden, and La Scala. He’s the young Mexican tenor who, having won Placido Domingo’s 2006 Operalia Competition, went from the Merola summer program to an Adler Fellowship.

The major roles he’s undertaking at the War Memorial Opera House clearly indicate that he’s being groomed as a future Pavarotti. (He has already subbed for Rolando Villazón.)

 For their Cal Performances recital, in a setting more intimate and relaxed than the big house, Lomelí and Focile have a golden opportunity to shine. Robert Cole conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in excerpts from La bohème, an opera that has brought both singers accolades.