Alfred Piccaver

Born under the family name of Peckover, dramatic tenor Alfred Piccaver was reared in the United States from age seven and later became one of the stars of the Vienna Opera, enjoying the affections of the public there as did few other non-Austrian artists. He spent 27 years with the Vienna company, introducing two Puccini roles to that theater: Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del west and Luigi in Il tabarro. When he resigned from Vienna in 1937, he returned to England to spend the WWII years there. Piccaver's parents resettled in Albany, NY, where young Alfred sang in a church c...