Stephen Gould (singer)

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Stephen Gould (born 1962 in Roanoke , Virginia ) is an American opera singer ( tenor ).

He is the son of a concert pianist and a Methodist pastor .

Gould studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and was then a member of the young talent program of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Lyric Opera Center for American Artists). In addition to his first opera roles, Gould also sang in the musical The Phantom of the Opera before he was able to assert himself as a heroic tenor . He made his debut in this field as Florestan in Beethoven's opera Fidelio .

Gould is one of the most sought-after Wagner singers worldwide. He sang Siegfried in Wagner's Ring at the State Operas in Vienna and Munich , and from 2006 to 2008 at the Bayreuth Festival . Here he made his debut as Tannhäuser in 2004 and also played Tristan in Katharina Wagner's production in 2015 . Also in 2004 he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera, where in 2015/16 he performed under Simon Rattle and Ádám Fischer Siegfried and Parsifal.

His repertoire includes roles such as Siegmund ( Die Walküre ), Erik ( The Flying Dutchman ), Paul ( The Dead City ), Bacchus ( Ariadne auf Naxos ), Kaiser ( The Woman Without Shadow ) and the title roles in Lohengrin , Parsifal or Otello , but also the Gurre-Lieder by Arnold Schönberg and the solo tenor in Beethoven's 9th Symphony .

Gould lives alternately in the USA and in Vienna, where he has rented an apartment. He thinks it is essential that a Wagner singer lives in Germany or Austria (“Because you can't learn Wagner with a coach alone”). He speaks fluent German.

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  1. ↑ a b World career in the second attempt Interview in Der Standard , published on December 1, 2008, accessed July 29, 2019
  2. ↑ Stephen Gould . In: wiener-staatsoper.at , accessed on July 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tristan is my final destination - Interview with Stephen Gould by Regina Ehm-Klier on festspieleblog.de on August 16, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2019
  4. ↑ Stephen Gould appointed chamber singer . In: salzburg.com , May 27, 2015, accessed on July 29, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gould, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Roanoke , Virginia