Thomas Tipton

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Thomas Tipton (born November 18, 1926 in Wyandotte , Michigan , USA ; † September 22, 2007 in Munich ) was an American opera singer ( baritone ) and actor.

Life

The son of a Polish immigrant family won a singing competition in Detroit, which led him to an engagement at the New York City Opera , where he made his debut in 1951 in the opera The Old Maid and the Thief , directed by Gian Carlo Menotti . In the mid-1950s he came to Europe on a Fulbright scholarship , where he studied at the Munich Academy of Music .

After starting his career in Munich, Tipton was engaged at the Nationaltheater Mannheim , the Staatstheater Stuttgart and again at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. The baritone became known internationally through performances in Bayreuth , Salzburg , London and New York. He was awarded the title of chamber singer .

Tipton also achieved fame as an actor through roles in the television series Kir Royal and in the movie Schtonk .

Thomas Tipton died in September 2007 of complications from a blood clot .

He was married to Ruth Tipton (* 1946).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/68715.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 25, 2007@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / oe1.orf.at  
  2. ↑ cf. Obituary of the Bavarian State Opera  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 6, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bayerische.staatsoper.de  
personal data
SURNAME Tipton, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (baritone) and actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Wyandotte , Michigan , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 2007
Place of death Munich