Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Andrew Foldi, who sang in more than 20 roles at the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1954 to 1993, died 19 NOV 2007. He was 81. Lyric Opera of Chicago reported Foldi died in Federal Way, Washington state, after a stroke. Foldi began his career in the '50s singing bass and bass-baritone roles. He later became a celebrated interpreter of comic roles in Mozart and Rossini operas. The Budapest-born Foldi fled Hungary in 1939 at age 13, then moved to Chicago. He also worked as a music critic for the Chicago Times in 1947. He was well known for playing Schigolch in Alban Berg's "Lulu" and performed abroad, including at Italy's La Scala and the Vienna Staatsoper.