Maurice Stern
Maurice Stern , also Mauro Lampi, is an American opera singer ( tenor ) and sculptor .
Life
Stern, who initially sang operas at the New York City Opera after training at the Eastman School of Music , came to Europe for professional reasons in the late 1960s, where he performed as Mauro Lampi . In 1969 he sang in Flensburg , in the early 1970s in Wiesbaden , and from 1973 to teaching at the University of Washington . From the end of the 1970s he appeared again increasingly in Europe. He can also be heard on recordings with Montserrat Caballé .
Together with his first wife, the soul singer Barbara Cagnazzo, who died in 1984, he has three children: the sons Robert Allen and Stevie Stern and a daughter, Heidi, who became known as the pop singer Jennifer Rush . Stern was later married to the singer and pianist Rita Loving . In 1973 he met his third wife, Molly Hogan. Today Stern works as a freelance sculptor of portrait sculptures.
Web links
- Website by Maurice Stern
- Melinda Bargreen: A Singer-Sculpture Who's Carved Out His Niche. In: The Seattle Times. January 17, 1991
- Mauro Lampi at Allmusic (English)
- Maurice Stern at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stern, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lampi, Mauro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (tenor) and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1940 |