Glenn Davis Rowen (January 22, 1933 - December 20, 1992) was a singer and member of the

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chorus.

Biography

Glenn Davis Rowen was born in

Roswell, New Mexico Roswell () is a city in, and the County seat, seat of, Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Chaves County forms the entirety of the List of micropolitan areas in New Mexico, Roswell micropolitan area. As of ...

, and was a graduate of

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. He joined the United States Army and from 1956 to 1962 served in Germany. After discharge he remained in Germany and sang with the Munich Opera and the Munich Chamber Choir. Upon returning to the United States, he sang with the New York City Opera chorus, the American Chamber Opera, the Robert Shaw Chorale and the De Paur Chorus. Rowen died on December 20, 1992, at his home in Manhattan, due to AIDS, according to Susan Woelzl, the New York City Opera's director of publicity.

References

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