Los Pescadores de Perlas , by Bizet, premiered at the Real. In the role of Nadir he achieved the most resounding success. But in the midst of the triumph, of that euphoria, Gayarre presented his next goal. D on December 8, 1889. Gayarre's pathetic letter. "This is over." On the morning of this December 8th, he wrote to his dear friend Julio Enciso: "Tonight I sing the last for now, and I plan to rest for a month or two to combat this laryngeal condition that prevents me from singing with him." I'm used to, and I think I'll get it." Sing to The Puritans . He started off very well and was made to the duo with the bar tone to thunderous applause. When the romance arrived, some noticed something extra or when emitting the voice. And at the end of a sharp note of the romance it broke in his larynx, making him mute. Filled with anguish, he put his hands to his forehead, saying with deep sadness: "I can't sing" and withdrew helped by the people who were on the scene. With proper care and medication, he recovered. The performance continued and in the last act he sang the ballad and struck the note with a supreme effort, but not with the usual purity and limpidity. Frantic ovations and numerous exits on stage. That devoted public of the divine Gayarre was unaware that he was dismissed definitively. But Gayarre sensed his next end. When the curtain fell for the last time, he exclaimed with a painful accent, torn from the depths of his soul: "This is over!". His faithful servant Ángel knew the real state of Julián. I observed the profound alteration of his spirit, his sadness, his fainting spells. Sick with the flu. Only their relatives got rid of Roncal, Evarista and Gregorio. On December 31, Enciso received the alarm from Pepe Elorrio. "Juli n serious." From Rome, Mariano Benlliure inquired daily for his health. The news followed one another: "Juli n ending at times". "All resources are exhausted." "Impossible salvation". Finally, on the morning of January 2, Enciso received the telegram: "Our beloved Juli n has passed away at 4:25 this morning, surrounded by family and friends, and the resources of science exhausted." Julio Enciso, in "Memories of Juli n Gayarre", the classic work on the roncal tenor, publishes a heartfelt and long letter from Pepe Elorrio with exciting details. There were her sister-in-law Gabriela, her nephews Fermina and Valentn, her cousin Gregorio and Evarista. In his agony, in the midst of that silence interrupted only by sobs, he spoke: "Now they will say that they will not die... This is not the theater!" Later he remained very prostrate, only hearing the death rattle of his agony. The last moment was near: "Fernando!... Fernando!" -he said evoking his character from La Favorita . And expire . "A few moments before we had withdrawn the poor women, mad with pain. I closed her eyes. Gregorio closed her mouth. We all cried on our knees, while Echavarria, at the head, said the last prayers."
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