David Gordon (born December 7, 1947) is an American concert and opera

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, particularly noted as a

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singer. He was born in

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and trained at

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, the

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, and the

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where he made his debut in 1973. He went on to appear as soloist with orchestras and operas worldwide. Gordon is on the staff of the

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in California. Aside from his international vocal career, he is a teacher of

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vocal styles and has been an innovator in the creation of English supertitles for the great choral masterworks of Bach and

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References

Sources

*Carmel Bach Festival
Program: July 5-31, 2010
*Cummings, David (ed.)
"Gordon, David (Jamieson)"
''International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003'', Routledge, 2002, p. 290. *Polkow, Denni

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'', February 22, 1991, ''Tempo'' section p. 3

External links

* ttp://spiritsound.com/index.html Official website* ttp://www.bruceduffie.com/gordon.html Interview with David Gordon November 20, 1981 American operatic tenors Living people 1947 births Singers from Pennsylvania Classical musicians from Pennsylvania People from Doylestown, Pennsylvania College of Wooster alumni American tenors Bach singers {{US-opera-singer-stub