Tenor Freddie De Tommaso, a young British sensation, makes US opera debut

This image released by the Santa Fe Opera shows British tenor Freddie de Tommaso as Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca'' at the Santa Fe Opera on Aug. 12, 2023. (Curtis Brown/Santa Fe Opera via AP)

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By Associated Press

August 21, 2023 at 2:52 PM UTC

Updated on

August 22, 2023 at 8:30 PM UTC

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — “British Tenor Saves Night at Opera,” proclaimed the Daily Mail.

The opera was Puccini’s “Tosca,” and the tenor was then-28-year-old Freddie De Tommaso, jumping in at London’s Royal Opera House when the scheduled singer withdrew after Act 1 because of illness.