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John Thomas Holiday Jr. (born March 31, 1985) is an American operatic countertenor.His repertoire focuses on the Baroque and contemporary composers, including staged opera and opera in concert, works for voice and orchestra, and experimental mixed-media.
Ruth Stewart joined Texas Southern University in the spring of 1954 as an instructor of voice, director of the Women's Glee Club and later became co-director of the Opera Workshop. In 1965, with the assistance of Mr. Clifford Smith, a local electrical contractor, she organized and conducted the highly successful choral group The Men of Houston ...
Lewis made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Narraboth in Salome on March 1, 1958, and subsequently sang in 234 performances in his 35 years with the company. In 1975 he made his debut at San Francisco Opera as Steuermann and Erik in The Flying Dutchman and has sung in sixteen different productions with the company in subsequent seasons. [ 3 ]
"For Oklahoma, I'm Yearning" — Wava White/Jack Guthrie "The Gal From Oklahoma" — Junior Brown "Good Old Oklahoma" — Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys "Home In Oklahoma" — Jack Elliott for Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers "Home, Sweet Oklahoma" — Tom Paxton "Home Sweet Oklahoma" - Leon Russell "If You're Ever In Oklahoma" - J. J ...
It premiered at the Metropolitan Opera. Redfeather sang the title role when the opera was on tour, making her debut when the work was performed in Denver in 1924, and also performing in it in Los Angeles in 1926. After her performing career, she worked as an activist on Indian education, co-founding the American Indian Education Foundation.
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
For the first time, the Oklahoma Arts Council passes the $1 million threshold with its NEA state partnership funding. From Native opera to sensory-friendly theater, Oklahoma NEA grants help make ...
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.