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- «b»Lucie (Lucy) Wentworth ŠPIČKOVÁ-THORPE -
«/b» Her mother Victoria planed to deliver her in Britain in order to provide her with British n ationality, as she successfully did with Katherine. At that time there was no hope of change in the r epressive and dysfunctional Communist rule in the country. British citizenship was a ticket to freedom and an asset not to be wasted. However, Lucy decided otherwise. She came out early, in fact much too early, at only 28 weeks, and weighted a mere 1 kg at birth. Greatly helped by superb care of neonatologists in Praha, Lucy defied all the gloomy predictions. She was out of the
incubator and at home within three months, healthy and hungry. For a time she held a record ofhaving been the tiniest premature baby successfully cared for in Prague.
Lucy's childhood was a happy one. With her sister Katherine she grew up at the quiet upscale neighborhood U Mrázovky, in a house with a large garden, surrounded by her parents and grandparents Hilar [II] and Eva. While Lucy does not remember her grandmother Eva, who died when «b»Lucy «/b» was two, she keeps fond memories of her grandfather Hilar [II]. She remembers him reading her stories, in particular Brothers Grimms' stories, which she particularly loved.
The musical milieu of the family nourished her musical talent, and she started early with piano and clarinet lessons. At the age of mere 14 years parents sent her to London, England, where she successfully passed the admission exams for both instruments at a school with musical education. It all was made possible only thanks to the "Velvet revolution" of «i» 1989 «/i» and the end of the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Lucy recalls many long 20-hour-long bus trips between Prague and London, her loneliness in London, and her longing for home. However, it did not take long time and she started to like the school, where she found good friends. The school was very good both academically and musically and she keeps good memories of the four years spent there.
After graduation she decided to try something else and she enrolled at the Oxford University, Oriel College, in an undergraduate program of Germanic and Italian languages. After the Oxford she nonetheless decided to return to music and she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where for five years she studied singing. Lucy is gifted with a beautiful voice, officially a mezzo-soprano, yet in the humble opinion of this writer, a voice with a range of a beautiful haunting alto.
At the Academy she met her future husband «b»Callum Thorpe«/b» , also a singer. Life imitated art, as «b»Lucy «/b» says, and after having been cast as a married couple in one of the performances, they got married on «i» February 13, 2010 «/i» in Praha. Callum, a bass baritone, has achieved an international reputation.
Lucy and Callum have two sons:
«b»a) Oskar«/b» , born on «i» July 18, 2010«/i» , and «b»b) Felix Henry Augustus Thorpe«/b» , born on
«i» September 27, 2013«/i» , both in London, England. «b»
«/b» The family lives in London.
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