William Lewis (tenor)

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William L. Lewis (born November 23, 1931, in Tulsa, Oklahoma)[1] is an American operatic tenor and academic.

Biography

William Lewis was educated at the

The Flying Dutchman and has sung in sixteen different productions with the company in subsequent seasons.[3] In 1981 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in the title role of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, returning there for the following four years in such roles as Arbace in Idomeneo and the First Geharnischter in The Magic Flute. In 1990 he made his debut at the Teatro Lirico in the world premiere of Azio Corghi
's Blimunda.

Although he sang in a wide operatic repertory ranging from

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. He sang Pollux in Richard Stauss' rarely performed 1940 opera Die Liebe der Danae in a concert performance at Lincoln Center in January 2000.[4] Amongst the roles he has created are Bill in Samuel Barber's A Hand of Bridge (Spoleto, June 7, 1959),[5] Riccardo III in Flavio Testi's Riccardo III (La Scala, January 27, 1987),[6] and Frank Sargeant in Andrew Imbrie's Angle of Repose (San Francisco Opera, November 6, 1976).[7] William Lewis wrote the libretto for Earl Wild's Easter oratorio Revelations as well as singing the role of St. John in its world premiere, conducted by the composer. Broadcast on ABC on April 22, 1962, Revelations was the first oratorio commissioned by a television company.[8]

Lewis previously held the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Opera at the

Butler Opera Center. He teaches at the Austrian-American Mozart Academy in Salzburg, which he founded in 1995,[9] and at the Franco-American Vocal Academy in Périgord
, France.

Lewis can be seen on DVD in the Metropolitan's 1984 production of Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini, opposite Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil.

Recordings

Videography

References

  1. ISBN 1-85743-174-X
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  2. ^ "Alumni Roster". musicacademy.org. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. ^ San Francisco Opera archives
  4. ^ Tommasini, Anthony, "Attention Is Paid at Last to Danae", The New York Times, January 18, 2000
  5. ^ A Hand of Bridge usopera.com
  6. ^ Rossi, Nick, "Flavio Testi's 'Riccardo III' is an ambitious opera that misses the point", The Christian Science Monitor, February 16, 1987.
  7. ^ Angle of Repose, San Francisco Opera Archives
  8. ^ Earl Wild's official web site
  9. ^ Faires, Robert, "Deep in the Mozart of Texas", The Austin Chronicle, August 9, 2002

Further reading

External links

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