William Cochran (singer)
William Cochran (born June 23, 1943 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American opera singer ( heroic tenor ).
Cochran studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Martial Singher . As the winner of the Lauritz Melchior -Heldentenor Foundation Award, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968 in the role of Vogelgesang in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . In 1969 he portrayed Froh im Rheingold at the San Francisco Opera .
During his engagement at the Frankfurt Opera he was in Ruth Berghaus ' Ring der Siegfried. In 1997 he received the Binding Culture Prize in Frankfurt am Main .
Web links
- William Cochran at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- William Cochran at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- William Cochran on the pages of the Bavarian State Opera
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| SURNAME | Cochran, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (hero tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus , Ohio |