George Fortune
George Fortune (born December 13, 1931 in Boston , † September 22, 2019 in Berlin ) was an American opera singer ( baritone ).
Career
Fortune studied philosophy and languages in his hometown and at Georgetown University in Washington, DC He received his training as an opera singer with Todd Duncan . Fortune's career in Europe began with the First Prize for Singing at the ARD International Competition in Munich.
He then made his debut at the Vienna State Opera , but then went to intermediate stops in Ulm - where he made his debut as Fluth in Otto Nicolai's Lustige Wives von Windsor - and Augsburg in 1965 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin . As a member of the ensemble there, George Fortune celebrated his greatest successes primarily in the Italian field, for example as Scarpia and Jago. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 1985 as Tonio in Pagliacci , where he also interpreted Amonasro, Scarpia and Jack Rance in Giacomo Puccini's La fanciulla del West (alongside Plácido Domingo ). In Berlin and Vienna he sang alongside Domingo in Tosca , Otello , La Gioconda and La fanciulla del West , alongside Luciano Pavarotti in La Bohème .
Records and CDs
- Jules Massenet : Thérèse
- Franz Liszt : Christ
- Gaspare Spontini : Olimpie
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari : La vita nuova (cantata)
Awards
- First prize for singing at the ARD International Competition
- 1995 " Berliner Kammersänger "
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Deutsche Oper Berlin congratulates George Fortune on his 80th birthday on December 13th! at lifepr.de, accessed on November 5, 2018.
- ↑ Obituary notice on tagesspiegel.de, accessed on September 29, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fortune, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd September 2019 |
| Place of death | Berlin |