Salvador Novoa (born in

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, on October 30, 1937; died on December 7, 2021) was a Mexican dramatic

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. He was especially known for the operas of

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. Novoa made his operatic debut with the Instituto Nacional de Las Bellas Artes in Mexico City, in 1960, as B.F. Pinkerton in ''Madama Butterfly''. With that company, he also appeared in ''Aida'', ''Carmen'', ''Il trovatore'', and ''Pagliacci''. Later, in 1979, he sang the title role of ''Otello'' at that theatre. His first great success occurred in 1967, when he created the role of Pier Francesco Orsini in Ginastera's ''Bomarzo'', for the Opera Society of Washington.

New York City Opera

He began his tenure with the

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in 1966, where he appeared regularly until 1972, in ''Tosca'' (with Sherrill Milnes as Scarpia), ''Carmen'' (opposite Huguette Tourangeau), ''Gianni Schicchi'' (with

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and

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), ''Der Rosenkavalier'' (with Elisabeth Grümmer), ''La traviata'', ''Bomarzo'' (in its New York premiere), ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' (with Sills), ''Don Rodrigo'' (of Ginastera), and ''Mefistofele'' (with Treigle). In 1974, Novoa sang in a Concert Version of ''Mefistofele'', alongside Treigle and

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, at London's

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. The tenor also sang with major companies in Buenos Aires (''Bomarzo'' at the

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), Toronto, Vancouver, Marseille, Stuttgart, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Fort Worth, Houston, Omaha, Philadelphia, Portland, and San Diego. In 1978, he sang in ''Nabucco'', in New Orleans, with Kostas Paskalis, Rita Hunter, and Ferruccio Furlanetto. In 2021, the tenor died at the age of eighty-four.

Discography

* Ginastera: ''Bomarzo'' (Penagos, Simon, Turner, Torigi, Devlin; Rudel, 1967)

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References

* ''Who's Who in Opera'', edited by Maria F. Rich, Arno Press, 1976. * ''The New York City Opera: An American Adventure'', by Martin L. Sokol (Annals by George Louis Mayer), Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc, 1981.

External links

* (1967). {{DEFAULTSORT:Novoa, Salvador 1937 births 2021 deaths Mexican operatic tenors 20th-century Mexican male opera singers