Thomas Stewart (singer)

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Thomas Stewart (born July 29, 1928 in San Saba , Texas , United States , † September 24, 2006 in Rockville , Maryland ) was an American opera singer with a bass-baritone voice .

Life

Stewart studied at the Juilliard School in New York and started out as a concert singer. In 1957 he made his debut at the Städtische Oper in Berlin , where he sang until 1964 and acquired his accent-free mastery and strikingly clear pronunciation of German. Stewart sang at the Bayreuth Festival from 1960 to 1972. Until the 1990s, he was considered one of the leading Wagner bass baritones of his time. He also took part in the 1961 world premiere of Arnold Schönberg's unfinished masterpiece “ The Jacob's Ladder ”. Stewart was heard at the Vienna State Opera from 1960 to 1975. He sang at the San Francisco Opera from 1960 to 1991. He sang at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1966 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 1993.

Thomas Stewart was married to the soprano Evelyn Lear .

Musical classification

Thomas Stewart was one of the best singers of the transition between the generation of Hans Hotter , George London and Ferdinand Frantz on the one hand and that of Willard White and John Tomlinson on the other. Stewart, like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Theo Adam and Donald McIntyre - the other great singers in his vocal field of his generation - was a master of clear articulation and vocal nuance.

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SURNAME Stewart, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (bass baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH San Saba, Texas , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2006
Place of death Rockville, Maryland