Lake Charles, Louisiana
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) is an American
opera
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tic
tenor
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. In 1991 he won the
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
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and in 1995 he won the prestigious
Richard Tucker Award
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. He has sung leading roles with major
opera house
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While some venues are constructed specifically fo ...
s throughout the world, including the
Boston Lyric Opera
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,
De Nederlandse Opera
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Lyric Opera of Chicago
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, the
Metropolitan Opera
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Salzburg Festival
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, the
San Francisco Opera
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History
Gaetano Merola (1923–1953)
Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 when h ...
, the
Santa Fe Opera
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, the
Vienna State Opera
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, the
Washington National Opera
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, the Grand Theatre Genève and the
Welsh National Opera
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The Magic Flute
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'' (Tamino) Wiener Philharmoniker, conductor:
Riccardo Muti
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