As was the case with Mark Twain, reports of the death of Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda were greatly exaggerated. Gedda was reported to have passed in May. In the Age of Social Media, the news swept opera lovers like a pandemic, only to be retracted the next day when it was reported that Gedda was indeed alive and well.
It must have been a shock to the artist to find news of his demise posted all over the internet. Yet how many of us will be so lucky as to be able to eavesdrop on the kind comments and tributes delivered on our own passing?
Nicolai Gedda on his 90th birthday is doubly blessed, to have lived a good life and to have survived a good death.
Happy birthday, N.G.!
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