Baby’s Pavarotti Debut Foreshadows Musical Tragedy

Washington, D.C. – In a bizarre and seemingly unrelated incident, a three-day-old infant named Frank Nicastie stunned his family and a nearby musician with his uncanny singing voice. The newborn burst into a haunting rendition of the final aria from Pagliacci, sending shockwaves through the Nicastie household in the 600 block of Irving Street NW. Relatives claim that Uncle Fess Christiani, a well-known Washington musician, was in an adjacent room when the baby’s first wail turned into a operatic spectacle. ‘I was listening for the infant’s first cry when, to my astonishment, he burst forth in clear high notes that I instantly recognized from the final tenor aria in Pagliacci,’ Christiani recalled.