g g WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17, 1863 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Russians Broadcast Ave Maria' When Boy Nightingal' Sings
(Editor i not: This 1101
bout a young Italian lid
whoia TOica won tha hearts
oi Russia was raportad by
United Prtsi Intainational re
portari Nlchclai Danllotl in
Moscow and Sheila Walsh in
Roma.)
By NICHOLAS DANILOFF
and SHEILA WALSH
United Press International
Hie visitor to Moscow could
hardly believe his ears. Wat
this "Ave Maria" pouring so
lyrically from Moscow Radio,
the voice of the Kremlin?
Indeed it was. "It is the
boy nightingale," remarked
his Russian hostess. "Isn't he
marvelous?"
The voice was that of 15-
ycar-old Robertino Loretti, a
youngster whose golden songs
for more than a year have
captured the hearts of music
lovers throughout Russia.
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Moscow Radio frequently
has devoted a whole hour of
its program to Lorctti's re
cordings. His "Ava Maria" is
a special favorite. Others are
"O Solo Mio," "Return to
Sorrento" and "Santa Lucia."
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Lorctti's records sell out
within minutes after reach
ing music shops. It is com
mon to see signs in the stores
announcing "Loretti records
sold out."
Foreign records are hard
to come by in Moscow under
any circumstances, with Rus
sian and East European rec
ords taking up most of the
store shelves. So when such
records do become popular,
they arc virtually unobtain
able by the average citizen.
"A Loretti record," a Mos
cow student told UPI, "is a
prized possession, something
you just can't get. He has in
vaded our hearts and we love
him."
Russian newspapers and
magazines have filled columns
with stories about the boy,
and Moscow Radio obtained
a New Year's interview with
him in Rome in which he
conveyed his greetings to the
Soviet nation.
Boy 111
Early this year the maga
zine Ogonyok had bad news
for Loretti fans in the USSR.
The boy was ill, Ogonyok
said, his voice had suffered 1 not only in Russia but
and it was not certain he throughout Northern Europe.
ever would sing again.
Russians by the score wrote
letters to newspapers be-
moaning Robertino s sad tate
With the voice change
young Loretti suffered other
"I love singing and it just
came naturally to me," he
said. His father, Orlando, ex
plained that by the time Rob
ertino was six years old he
and expressing urgent wishes
for his recovery. Loretti rec
ords became even more col
lectors' items.
But things did not remain
as bad as Ogonyok and the
boy's millions of Russian fans
feared.
UPI interviewed Robertino
a few days ago in Rome
and found a healthy, happy
teen-ager impatient to resume
his career.
"I feel confident everything
will go well now, ' he said.
"By May when I go to Ham
burg in Germany for televi
sion appearances my new
tenor voice will be completely
set."
Voices Changes
Part of the young singer's
trouble was the fact of na
ture that at a certain age,
boys' voices change. That's
what happened to Robertino's
pure soprano and the lyric
tones that made him
misfortunes. In Norway last was singing in church, at wed
year he had a bad fall that ding parties and in contests
damaged his hip. An infec- ,or talented children
tion set in and an operation j
in Rome became necessary
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Rome, Italy, home above. His records sell out within minutes
aucr rcacning music shops in Moscow, Russia. Moscow
Radio iias frequently devoted a full hour program to his
recordings. His "Ave Maria" is a special favorite. (UPI)
For more than a year he has
not sung and there were fears
Robertino would be a has
been before he reached 16.
Now there Is no trace of ill
ness on the boy. He is a ro
bust lad and he has been ex
ercising by riding horseback,
swimming and fencing.
"I'm all right," he assured
the interview. "I'll sing
again."
In the Loretti home in a
new apartment building not
far from Rome's tamed Cinc
citta film studios, the din
ning room looked like a post
office during the Christmas
rush.
"Thousands of letters." said
Robertino pointing at the
stacks of mail. They never
stop coming. Most of them
come from Russia."
Many Letters
Robertino's mother, Mrs.
Cesira Loretti, smiled as she
spread out one pile of letters
on her gleaming dining room
table. "There are so many,"
she said. "We don't know
what to do."
On one of the letters, with
a USSR postmark and ad
dressed in both Russian and
English, was written, "Rob
ertino Loretti, The Italian
Nightingale, Italy."
"I would like to answer
them all," the boy said, "but
it's a problem. Especially the
ones in Russian,"
Young Loretti has seven
brothers and sisters and his
success obviously helps sup
port the whole family.
Start on Radio
At 10, he won a nationwide
contest sponsored by the state
owned radio and television
network. His launching into
international stardom came
during the 1960 Olympics in
Rome. He was singing in an
outdoor cafe in Rome's Cen
tral Piazza Esedra when he
was heard by Wolmer Soren-1 sia
son, a Danish music critic and
impresario. Sorenson signed
the boy to an exclusive con
tract with the "Triola" record
ing company of Copenhagen
and as Robertino made rec
ords, he also began touring.
"I would like to go to Rus-
Robertino said.
I like
to sec new countries. I have
not been wasting my time
even though 1 haven't been
singing. I've been studying
languages, learning to play
the piano, and been working
with a voice tutor."
Proudly, Robertino said he
already speaks English and
Danish in addition to Italian,
and "some German which is
getting better." And maybe,
he grinned, "some day I will
learn to speak Russian "
Mother Loretti listened ap
provingly. "He's a good boy,"
she said.
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to 1946 as a Christian Science
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