William Stone (baritone)
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William Stone (born March 12, 1944, Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American operatic baritone. He is a graduate of Duke University (B.A., 1966) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.M. 1968, D.M.A. 1979). He made his professional operatic debut in 1975 and his international debut in 1977.[1]
He was inducted as a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity on April 1, 2003.[2][3]
William Stone is a Vocal Instructor at the Academy of Vocal Arts[4] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Curtis Institute of Music. He was Professor of Voice and Opera at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, from September, 2005 through June, 2010.
- Lyric Opera of Chicago, world premiere of Paradise Lost, (Adam), 29 November 1978.[5]
- New York City Opera, La traviata (Giorgio Germont), October 1981.[6]
- Seattle Opera, Don Carlos (Rodrigue), July 1993.[7]
- Metropolitan Opera, Roméo et Juliette (Capulet), 8 April 1998.[8]
