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Bass-baritone who
graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 1977 with a degree in
voice.
In the 1980s,
he was very busy on the Philadelphia opera stage, performing in a variety
of roles, including Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Golaud in Pelleas et Melisande, Stuart Offenbach in R.S.V.P., La Roche in Capriccio,
and Ser Amantio di Nicolao in Gianni
Schicchi.
On 13th
November 1987, he was a featured soloist with the Lehigh Valley Chamber
Orchestra in a performance of Aaron Copland’s “Old American
Songs” at Broughal Auditorium in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania.
He also
appeared on The Philadelphia Singers’ Christmas album, Gloria! Gloria!.
The Philadelphia Singers recordings
Adeste
Fidelis (Frederick Oakeley/John Francis Wade)
RCA 6559-RC-2
(Gloria! Gloria!)
Soprano – Benita Valente
Concerto
Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Conductor – Michael Korn
Sources:
- http://www.curtis.edu/about-curtis/history/full-alumni-listing/view-by-instrument.html?&group=Voice
- http://frankhamilton.org/ph/ph3.pdf
- http://articles.mcall.com/keyword/bass-baritone/featured/3
- Liner notes: Gloria! Gloria!
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