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Luigi Alva 10 April 1927 Was The Foremost Lyric Tenor Of The Third Quarter Of The 20th Century. He Was Admired For His Purity Of Tone The Elegance Of His Phrasing And The Clarity Of His Diction. A Mozart And Rossini Specialist Alva Still Sets The Standard For Such Roles As Don Ottavio In Don Giovanni Count Almaviva In Il Barbiere Di Siviglia And Fenton In Verdi's Falstaff . Born In Peru Home Of Other Noted Lyric Tenors Such As Ernesto Palacio And Juan Diego Florez Where He Studied With Rosa Mercedes He Made His Debut In Torroba's Zarzuela Luisa Fernandez. He Went To Milan In 1953 And Studies With Emilio Ghirardini Later He Was Called From Giulio Comfallonieri To Became A "cadet" At The La Scuola Di Canto Voice Academy At La Scala. In Italy He Make His European Debut At The Teatro Nuovo In Milan As Alfredo In Verdi's La Traviata Following That With His In La Piccola Scala In Cimarosa's "Il Matrimonio Segreto". His Debut In Teatro Alla Scala Was In 1956 As Count Almaviva In Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia. He Was Soon Invited To Sing At The Most Important European Festivals And Opera Houses. At Glyndebourne He Made His Debut As Nemorino In Donizetti's L'elisir D'amore. His Metropolitan Opera Debut Was In 1964 As Fenton In Verdi's Falstaff. Subsequently He Sang With Most Of The Leading Companies In US And Europe. In 1960s And 1970s There Were Few Singers Let Alone Tenors Who Could Compare In Sheer Vocal Elegance With Luigi Alva. Unlike So Many He Never Tried To Venture Out Of His Natural Repertoire. Instead He Delivered Mozart Rossini And Donizetti With Great Elegance And Style For Four Decades. He Cooperated With Conductors Like Otto Klemperer Claudio Abbado Nino Sanzogno Herbert Von Karajan And Carlo Maria Giulini. His Duets With Teresa Berganza In Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia And La Cenerentola Are The Hallmarks Of The Epoch. In 1982 He Returned To Lima To Teach And Left The Stage In 1989. He Sponsors The Luigi Alva Competition For Young Singers And Gives Master Classes. Alva Now Teaches Singing At The La Scuola Di Canto Voice Academy At La Scala In Milan. read less