VV Anthony Kaplen 1929-2017 By facebooker_4312460762149338 1929 Born in Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa 1929 Mother a Soprano SA Born, Lebanese & French, Father Lebanese 1929 Father Born in Beirut Lebanon 1936 Studied Piano, Music Theory, and Singing 1944 Studied Theatrical Singing with Prof Graydon 15-24 1946 Post WWII Italian Opera Companies in SA 1946 Met & Influenced by Famous Tenor B. Gigli 1946 Beniamino Gigli Encouraged him to go to Italy 1950 Started Singing in Operettas, Musical Comedies 1959 Studied Musical & Acting in London 1960 Arrives in Milan from London 1961 Studied Music & Singing Milan Sch of Music 1962 Perf as Tenor in S. D'amico Orchestra Period: 1970 to 2010 Worked in Sicily, Naples, Genoa, Rome, Nice, Lugano, Vienna, Salzburg 2014 Arrives at Casa Verdi 2017 Passes Away 2017 Never Married, Spoke Eng, Dutch, French, Italian