Alexander Gray (singer)
Alexander Reid Gray (born March 31, 1929 in Lachine , † October 6, 1998 in Quebec ) was a Canadian singer ( baritone ) and music teacher.
Gray made his debut as Silas Simkins in Merrie England at the age of seventeen . He studied singing with Merlin Davis and piano with Mary Bennett at the McGill Conservatory from 1946–47 , was a student of Ernesto Vinci at the Royal Conservatory of Music from 1950 to 1955 and studied in New York with Boris Goldovsky .
From 1955 to 1971 Gray was a member of the Canadian Opera Company , he also took part in tours of the Banff School of Fine Arts (1957-58), productions of the Stratford Festival (1959-62), the Goldovsky opera Theater (1962-67) and the Edmonton Opera Association (1968) and was first baritone at the Kiel Opera House from 1969 to 1971 . He has appeared in radio and television productions for the CBC and sang Jaylor in Benjamin Britten's The Beggar's Opera at the 1976 Guelph Spring Festival . He sang Marcello in La Bohème more than two hundred times and Figaro in The Barber of Seville more than two hundred and fifty times .
Gray was the founding director of the Southern Alberta Opera Association , from which the Calgary Opera emerged . From 1971 to 1984 he taught at the University of Calgary , from 1978 to 1984 he also headed the music theater section of the Banff School of Fine Arts .
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| SURNAME | Gray, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gray, Alexander Reid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer and music educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lachine |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1998 |
| Place of death | Quebec |