biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1904–61)
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| biography:
| Tenor, born in Moultrie, Georgia, USA. After college, he studied voice at Vanderbilt and in Berlin, making his opera debut in Cincinnati in 1938. His eight-year Metropolitan Opera career began in 1942, and he was also widely heard on the radio and in concerts. Beyond being one of the first American males to become a major opera star, he conveyed a ‘down-home’ quality offstage that made grand opera seem more accessible to a new generation. |
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