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Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo (10 April 1927 – 15 May 2025), known professionally as Luigi Alva, was a Peruvian
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tic
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who worked internationally at the major opera houses and festivals. A
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and
Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano p ...
specialist, Alva achieved fame with roles such as Don Ottavio in Mozart's ''
Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; full title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legen ...
'', Count Almaviva in Rossini's ''
The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...
'', and Fenton in Verdi's ''
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'', but he also appeared in world premieres. He retired from the stage in 1989.


Life and career

Alva was born in
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, Peru, and served for a while in the Peruvian Navy before concentrating on a singing career. He studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Lima with Rosa Mercedes Ayarza de Morales and sang in Federico Moreno Torroba's zarzuela ''
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'' in Lima in 1949. He performed at the
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first as Beppe in Leoncavallo's ''
Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
'' in 1951. Alva went to Milan in 1953 to study with Emilio Ghirardini and
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. He made his European debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan as Alfredo in Verdi's '' La traviata'' in 1954, following that as Paolino in Cimarosa's ''
Il matrimonio segreto ' (''The Secret Marriage'') is a dramma giocoso in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, based on the 1766 play '' The Clandestine Marriage'' by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick. It was first performed ...
''. His debut at the
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was in 1955 as Paolino in Cimarosa's ''
Il matrimonio segreto ' (''The Secret Marriage'') is a dramma giocoso in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, based on the 1766 play '' The Clandestine Marriage'' by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick. It was first performed ...
'' in the opening of the Piccola Scala. He performed there in 1956 as Count Almaviva in Rossini's ''
Il barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy '' ...
'' alongside
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as Rosina, the role for which he became best known and widely admired. He performed it at La Scala 330 times. Subsequently he sang with most of the leading opera festivals and companies in the United States and Europe. He performed at the
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as Fenton in Verdi's ''
Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...
'' in 1957, as Mozarts Belmonte in ''
Die Entführung aus dem Serail ' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...
'' as well as Ferrando in ''
Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
'' in 1967, and as Rossini's Count in 1968. He performed, especially in Mozart roles, at the
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from 1957, at the
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and the
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from 1960, at the
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from 1961. Alva first performed at the
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as Nemorino in Donizetti's ''
L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (; ''The Elixir of Love'') is a (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's (1831). ...
'' in 1961. In 1962 he made his debut with the
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as Count Almaviva and in 1964 he made his first appearance at the
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as Fenton; he went on to sing there in a further 101 performances 1975.
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Retrieved 6 February 2013.
Alva had a light
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voice and was known for the clarity of his diction and his elegant phrasing,Andina (30 March 2010)
"Conservatorio distingue a tenor Luis Alva como Profesor Honorario"
Original Spanish: "La prensa especializada alababa en él la elegancia de su fraseo y la nítida dicción que lo caracterizaba." Retrieved 6 February 2013 .
a quality which
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described as compensating for an "underpowered" voice in the 1956 live recording of Mozart's ''
Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
'' from La Scala. He rarely ventured beyond his favourite repertoire, which included Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti and to which (according to
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) his "elegant, refined style" was particularly suited, but appeared in world premieres, such as in ''La donna è mobile'' by
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and in ''La domanda di matrimonio'' by
Luciano Chailly Luciano Chailly (Ferrara, 19 January 1920 – Milan, 24 December 2002) was an Italian composer and arts administrator of French descent. He was an eclectic and prolific composer in the post-war Italy, combining tonal, polytonal, and twelve-ton ...
, both at Piccola Scala in 1957. The following year he performed at La Scala in the house premiere of Janáček's ''
The Cunning Little Vixen ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' (original title ''Příhody lišky Bystroušky'' or ''Tales of Vixen Sharp-Ears'' in English), is a three-act Czech-language opera by Leoš Janáček completed in 1923 to a libretto the composer himself adapted from a ...
''. In 1980, he founded the Asociación Prolírica del Perú in Lima and served as its artistic director for several years. He retired from the stage in 1989,Bourne, Joyce and Kennedy, Michael (2004)
"Alva, Luigi (Alva Talledo, Luis Ernesto)"
''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music'' 4th edition, p. 16. Oxford University Press.
but sponsored the Premio Luigi Alva for young singers, taught
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es, and served as a juror in singing competitions. Alva also taught singing at La Scuola di Canto (Voice Academy) at La Scala in Milan. Among his students there was the Belgian tenor
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. In 2005, the Peruvian postal service issued a stamp in his honour and in 2012 he was awarded the Personalidad Meritoria de la Cultura medal by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture. Alva died in
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, Italy on 15 May 2025, at the age of 98.


Roles

Alva's repertoire included the following roles, most of which he played on stage: Rossini: * Conte d'Almaviva in ''
Il barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy '' ...
'' * Don Ramiro in ''
La Cenerentola ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon'' with music by Nico ...
'' * Lindoro in ''
L'italiana in Algeri ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (; ''The Italian Girl in Algiers'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San ...
'' Mozart: * Don Ottavio in ''
Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; full title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legen ...
'' * Ferrando in ''
Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
'' * Alessandro in ''
Il re pastore ' (''The Shepherd King'') is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio, edited by Giambattista Varesco. It is an opera seria. The opera was first performed on 23 April 1775 in Salzburg in the Rit ...
'' (recording, 1967) * Tamino in ''
Die Zauberflöte ''The Magic Flute'' (, ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a ''Singspiel'', a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on ...
'' Haydn: * Lindoro in ''
La fedeltà premiata ' (''Fidelity Rewarded''), Hob. XXVIII/10, is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn first performed at the Eszterháza palace in Fertőd, Hungary, on 25 February 1781 to celebrate the reopening of the court theatre after a fire. The opera was re ...
'' (recording, 1976) * Ecclittico in ''
Il mondo della luna ' (''The World on the Moon''), Hob. XXVIII:7, is an opera buffa by Joseph Haydn with a libretto written by Carlo Goldoni in 1750, first performed at Eszterháza, Hungary, on 3 August 1777. Goldoni's libretto had previously been set by six other ...
'' * Gernando in ''
L'isola disabitata ' ( English: ''The Uninhabited Island''), Hob. 28/9, is an opera (') by Joseph Haydn, his tenth opera, written for the Eszterházy court and premiered on 6 December 1779. The libretto is the only one by Metastasio set by Haydn. The libretto ha ...
'' (recording, 1977) * Sempronio in ''
Lo speziale ''Lo speziale'' (''The Apothecary''), Hob. 28/3, is a three-act opera buffa by Joseph Haydn, with a libretto by Carlo Goldoni. A love triangle between the poor apprentice Mengone, the rich and assured dandy Volpino, and the local apothecary's w ...
''''
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'' (2004), Volume 82, Issues 984–987, p. 111
Cimarosa: * Paolino in ''
Il matrimonio segreto ' (''The Secret Marriage'') is a dramma giocoso in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, based on the 1766 play '' The Clandestine Marriage'' by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick. It was first performed ...
'' * Filandro in ''
Le astuzie femminili ''Le astuzie femminili'' (Feminine wiles) is a dramma giocoso in four acts by Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto by . The opera buffa premiered at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples, Italy, on 26 August 1794. The opera was subsequently per ...
'' Leoncavallo: * Beppe in ''
Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
'' Puccini: * Venditore di canzonette in ''
Il tabarro ''Il tabarro'' (''The Cloak'') is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on 's play ''La houppelande''. It is the first of the trio of operas known as ''Il trittico''. The first performance was given ...
'' (recording, 1954) Verdi: * Alfredo in '' La traviata'' * Fenton in ''
Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...
'' Schubert: * Alfonso in ''
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'' (recording, 1956)Discography: Luigi Alva
operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
Donizetti: * Nemorino in ''
L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (; ''The Elixir of Love'') is a (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's (1831). ...
'' Handel: * Oronte in ''
Alcina ''Alcina'' (Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, HWV 34) is a 1735 opera by George Frideric Handel. Handel used the libretto of ''L'isola di Alcina'', a work set to music in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he had acquired a year later during his t ...
'' (recording, 1962) * Serse in ''
Serse ''Serse'' (; English title: ''Xerxes''; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia (16 ...
'' Gounod: * Siébel in ''
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'' Scarlatti: * Roberto in ''
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'' (recording, 1970)


Filmography

* ''
Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...
'' (1956), FentonGiudici, Elvio (2012)
''Il teatro di Verdi in scena e in DVD''
p. 147. Il Saggiatore
* ''
Die Entführung aus dem Serail ' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...
'' (1967), Belmonte * ''
Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
'' (1970), FerrandoFawkes, Richard (2000)
''Opera on Film''
p. 211. Duckworth
* ''
The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...
'' (1972), Count Almaviva * ''
Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...
'' (1972), Ernesto * ''
Lo speziale ''Lo speziale'' (''The Apothecary''), Hob. 28/3, is a three-act opera buffa by Joseph Haydn, with a libretto by Carlo Goldoni. A love triangle between the poor apprentice Mengone, the rich and assured dandy Volpino, and the local apothecary's w ...
'' (1982), Sempronio


Recordings

Opera * Verdi: ''Falstaff'' – (as Fenton) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by
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,
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, 1956 McCants, Clyde T. (2003)
''Opera for Libraries: A Guide to Core Works''
pp. 54, 75, 94. McFarland.
* Rossini: ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' – (as Count Almaviva) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by
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, EMI, 1957 * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'' – (as Don Ottavio) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by
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, EMI, 1959 * Mozart: ''Così fan tutte'' – (as Ferrando), John Alldis Choir and New
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conducted by
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, EMI, 1971 * '' Haydn: La fedeltà premiata'' – (as Lindoro) with
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, Maurizio Mazzieri,
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, Lucia Valentini Terrani and
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, Chœurs de la Radio Suisse Romande and the
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, conducted by
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, 1976. * '' Haydn: Il mondo della luna'' – (as Ecclitico) with Arleen Augér,
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and the
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conducted by
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Sandoval Sandoval is a habitational surname of Spanish language, Spanish origin. It primarily originates from Sandoval de la Reina, Spain, earlier called ''Sannoval'', which is a blend word of Latin ''saltus'' (meaning 'grove' or 'wood') and Latin ''novalis ...
, Padilla, Serrano,
Álvarez Álvarez or Álvares may refer to: People *Álvarez (surname), Spanish surname Places * Alvares (river), a river in northern Spain * Alvares (ski resort), in Iran * Alvares, Iran * Alvares, Portugal * Álvarez, Santa Fe, a town in the province of ...
, and Lacalle . New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by
Iller Pattacini Iller Pattacini (Barco di Bibbiano, 7 October 1933 – Barco, 3 September 2006), was an Italian composer of pop music, arranger, band leader, and conductor. He worked as a house arranger for Ricordi and under the pen name Lunero penned songs suc ...
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Decca Decca may refer to: Music * Decca Records or Decca Music Group, record label * Decca Gold, classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group * Decca Broadway, musical theater record label * Decca Studios, recording facility in West ...
, 1963


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alva, Luigi 1927 births 2025 deaths People from the Department of Piura Musicians from Lima Peruvian operatic tenors Voice teachers 20th-century Peruvian male singers 20th-century Peruvian singers