*** update: the police has confirmed that Licitra was not wearing a helmet while riding a scooter; he lost control, and fell. His girlfriend, who was with him, is unharmed.
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The 43-year-old Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra is fighting for his life in the ICU of Garibaldi hospital in Catania, Italy: last night Licitra suffered extensive injuries to his head and chest in a car crash and has undergone surgery.
More information in Italian here.
I pray...
Posted by: Paolo M. | August 28, 2011 at 03:29 PM
First came the scary news about Jonas Kaufmann's enlarged lymph node on his chest and now THIS!!! What's next?????????
Posted by: Les Mitchell | August 28, 2011 at 05:26 PM
Poor guy! And his distraught family! May he have a total recovery!
Posted by: Bill Philin-Ploplis | August 28, 2011 at 06:57 PM
...so was he on a scooter (Vespa)?, or car?
Posted by: flipstinger | August 28, 2011 at 07:04 PM
Where can further up to date information be found in English?
Posted by: Lloyd L. Thoms Jr. | August 29, 2011 at 08:51 PM
Wikipedia reports that he died today (5 September). I feel so sad.
Posted by: Sarah R | September 05, 2011 at 06:07 PM