MUSIClassical ALLEGRO
Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Frank Guarrera [photo c 1953], a lyric baritone who sang at the Metropolitan Opera for nearly 30 years, died on Friday 23 NOV 2007, at his home in Bellmawr, N.J. He was 83. With his slender but firm voice and winning stage presence, Mr. Guarrera was a fixture at the Met in a number of roles: Escamillo in “Carmen” (his debut role in 1948), Marcello in “La Bohème,” Valentin in “Faust.” His final role at the Met was Gianni Schicchi, which he last sang in 1976. After his retirement from the stage, he taught at the University of Washington in Seattle for 10 years, a stint that ended when his wife, Adelina, suffered a stroke and he brought her back to the East to care for her; she died in 2000.
