Robert Rounseville
Robert Rounseville (25 March 1914 – 6 August 1974) was an American
Career
Rounseville was born in
In 1956, Rounseville played both his best-remembered screen role and one of his most memorable stage roles. In the film Carousel, an adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, he portrayed the snobbish fisherman Mr. Snow, opposite Barbara Ruick as Carrie Pipperidge.[4] In December of that year, he opened on Broadway in the original production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, playing the title role opposite Barbara Cook as Cunegonde.[5]
In 1960, he appeared in the role of Nanki-Poo in a "
He was also an occasional guest star on the TV version of the musical series "The Voice of Firestone".[7]
On television's NBC Opera Theatre, he sang the role of Don José in an English-language version of Carmen (1953) and the Chevalier de la Force in the first American television production (also in English) of Dialogues of the Carmelites (1957).[8] Soprano Leontyne Price made an early television appearance in the latter work.
In 1969, he starred on
Rounseville also made a few studio cast recordings of Broadway shows. Among them was a 1952
Most frequently, Rounseville appeared in modest revivals of operettas and musicals at the New York City Center, in shows such as Brigadoon (as Charlie Dalrymple) [11] and Show Boat (as Gaylord Ravenal).[12] But in 1965, he returned in a major Broadway production, when he appeared as The Padre in the original stage version of Man of La Mancha,[13] a role he reprised in the 1972 revival at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.[14]
During the last years of his life, Rounseville attended meetings of the NYC founding chapter of "The Sons of the Desert", where he performed for the club's members and enjoyed watching the film comedies of Laurel & Hardy. He was a lifelong friend of Florence Louise Pettitt, an opera conductor from his home town in Massachusetts. [citation needed]
Rounseville died suddenly in 1974. Theatre World reported that he collapsed from a heart attack while teaching a singing class in his Carnegie Hall studio.[15]
References
- ^ "The Tales of Hoffmann". Jun 22, 1951. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Stravinsky, Krau ... - Opera D'oro: 13962715 | Buy from ArkivMusic". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "The Dybbuk". TIME. October 15, 1951. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
- ^ "Carousel". Feb 16, 1956. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Candide – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "The Mikado". Apr 29, 1960. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021 – via IMDb.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Robert Rounseville". IMDb. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "From the House of the Dead". Dec 2, 1969. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021 – via IMDb.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Brigadoon – Broadway Musical – 1957 Revival | IBDB". Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "Show Boat – Broadway Musical – 1954 Revival | IBDB". Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "Man of La Mancha – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "Man of La Mancha – Broadway Musical – 1972 Revival | IBDB". Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
- ^ "Robert Rounesville, 60, Singer Of Opera and the Stage, Is Dead". The New York Times. August 8, 1974. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
External links
- Robert Rounseville at IMDb
- Robert Rounseville at the Internet Broadway Database
- Robert Rounseville at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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