The Teatro Sociale di Como AsLiCo announces with great regret the passing of Giovanna Lomazzi, present for more than 30 years in the AsLiCo family and Vice President since 2000. A woman of great culture, passionate and enthusiastic, she has dedicated her life to the world of opera. There are numerous young opera singers whom she supported in undertaking this difficult career. For years you were President of the Jury of the AsLiCo Competition, you listened to countless emerging voices who then took flight, singing in the greatest theaters in the world.
Always very elegant, kind and at the same time austere, her name is known in all opera circles, which have often seen her as a guest at competitions and premières in Italy and Europe.
“With emotion I think back to the thousands of auditions that Giovanna and I did, both during the 16 editions of the AsLiCo Competition in which we were in the Commission together, and in those that we periodically organized for the choice of singers for the AsLiCo productions – she says John Vegeto, General Director – Always attentive, always competent, always on the singer’s side, ready to find a positive aspect even in the less happy performances. Her infinite passion for singing has always led her to endure, without any effort, hours and hours of listening, even in recent years when her health began to give her some problems. She, who had listened to the most exciting performances of the golden age of opera, rejoiced and was moved by a young man who, having arrived to be heard with a suitcase full of hopes and doubts, saw his commitment and talent crowned by the applause of the audience. You will be missed not only by me, my family and our colleagues, dear Giovanna, but also by the entire world of opera.”
“We spent many years together. – remember Barbara Minghetti, now traveling to Los Angeles – Lots of productions and adventures. Always with the aim of supporting young artists, of whom she was godmother with great enthusiasm.”
