Kevin Anderson (tenor)
{{short description|American operatic tenor}}
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Kevin Paul Anderson is an American operatic tenor. He has had a national and international singing career since the late 1980s, and in 1988 appeared as Don Alvar alongside Plácido Domingo and Shirley Verrett in the San Francisco Opera's televised production of L'Africaine.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Early life and education
Born in Moline, Illinois, Anderson began singing as a member of the Moline Boys Choir. After a move in 1976 to Denver during his high school years, he continued his vocal studies and made his professional debut at 19 with Central City Opera. He earned a bachelor's degree in music performance from University of Wyoming and graduate studies at the University of North Texas College of Music.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Craig|title=Kevin Anderson puts new spin on the word 'tenor'|newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican|date=27 August 1999|id={{ProQuest|331372074}}}} {{Subscription required}} He was an intern with the San Francisco Opera in the Merola program in 1983 and 1984 and became an Adler Fellow in 1989.{{cite web|last=Kosman|first=Joshua|title=A Fizzy Maritza in Santa Fe / Theater planning to come in out of the rain by '98|website=SFGate|date=3 August 1995|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-Fizzy-Maritza-In-Santa-Fe-Theater-planning-3026791.php|access-date=3 December 2014}} He was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions finalist and a grantee of the Sullivan Foundation.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Career
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Anderson has performed with many leading opera companies worldwide, including in productions of Street Scene, Countess Maritza, Falstaff, La rondine, and Jenůfa. In 1994 he performed the title role of Candide at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the American stage premiere of Bernstein's 1989 revised opera-house version; Allan Kozinn of the New York Times lauded his performance, stating "Kevin Anderson made Candide's slow, naively soul-baring arias pictures of lyrical grace."{{cite news|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|author-link=Allan Kozinn|title=Review/Opera; A Dive into Depression, then up with Candide|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/25/arts/review-opera-a-dive-into-depression-then-up-with-candide.html|access-date=3 December 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 June 1994}} Anderson also toured the U.S. with Faye Dunaway in Terrence McNally's Master Class,{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/dunaway-returns-to-l.a.-in-master-class-june-23-70786|title=Faye Dunaway returns to L.A. in Master Class|work=Playbill}}{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Alvin|author-link=Alvin Klein|title=The Teacher as Star of the Class|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/nyregion/theater-the-teacher-as-star-of-the-class.html|access-date=3 December 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 October 1997}} and opened the Edinburgh Festival in Show Boat under John McGlinn.
Recordings
Anderson's recordings include:
- L'Africaine (1988) – Don Alvar{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}{{cite news|last=Holland|first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Holland|title=Review/Opera; Meyerbeer in San Francisco|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/19/arts/review-opera-meyerbeer-in-san-francisco.html|access-date=3 December 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 September 1988}}
- Six Characters in Search of an Author (1990) – The Director{{cite news|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Tommasini|title=Recordings – Weisgall's Six Characters in Search of an Author|work=Opera News|issue=59|date=7 January 1995|id={{ProQuest|224241526}}}} {{Subscription required}}
- A Little Night Music for New York City Opera (1990) – Henrik[http://www.sondheimguide.com/night.html#1990NYCO A Little Night Music, 1990 New York City Opera Production], The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide{{cite news|last1=Chamberlain|first1=Adrian|title=This tenor is slim and sexy|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/345583241/94929316B2394D6APQ/|access-date=3 December 2014|work=Times Colonist|date=16 September 1995|via=ProQuest}} {{Subscription required}}
- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993){{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Personal life
Anderson lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is married to soprano Jami Rogers-Anderson.
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://hiyakev.stormpages.com/tenor.html|url-status=dead|title=Kevin Anderson – Tenor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213062439/http://hiyakev.stormpages.com/tenor.html|archive-date=December 13, 2014}}
- {{IMDb name|1230609|name=Kevin Anderson}}
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