We have been informed of the death of the Italian bass-baritone Angelo Nardinocchi, always in the first cast for Rigoletto and a summer fixture at the Arena di Verona.
He was also knwon for Leporello in Don Giovanni, the Sacristan in Tosca, Alcindoro and Benoit in La boheme.
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