Ludovic Spiess
Ludovic Spiess (13 May 1939 – 28 February 2006) was a Romanian spinto tenor.[1]
A win at a competition in Toulouse and a Cavaradossi in Bucharest eventually led to his being discovered in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan, who recruited him for the role of Dmitri in the Salzburg Festival's production of Boris Godunov.[2]
After an international career spanning some fourteen years, Spiess was forced to abandon singing after discovering that irreparable damage had been done to his vocal chords. He went on to serve as the Romanian minister of culture in the Iliescu government during the 1990s, and later assumed the directorship of the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest from 2001 until 2005.[3]
He reportedly died of a heart attack on January 28, 2006 while hunting in a southern Romanian forest.
References
- ^ "Ludovic Spiess". The Independent. 2006-04-17. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "Ludovic Spiess, 67, Romanian Tenor Whose Brief Career Spanned '60s & '70s, Has Died". Opera News. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Ludovic Spiess, 67, Romanian Tenor Whose Brief Career Spanned '60s & '70s, Has Died". Opera News. Retrieved 9 October 2022.