Jerome Hines

Singer + Bass + Voice

Male

Born Nov 8, 1921

Died Feb 4, 2003

The American Jerome A. Hines was a well-known basso opera singer who was associated with the Metropolitan Opera for many years. His height (6ft 6 inches, or 2m), stage presence and stentorian voice made him ideal for such roles as Sarastro in The Magic… Read More

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Cornell Mac Neil, Verdi Baritone At The Met, Dies At 88
NYTimes - Jul 18, 2011

Cornell MacNeil, one of the great postwar American baritones, best known for his roles in Verdi operas, died on Friday in Charlottesville, Va. He was 88. His death was announced by his wife, Tania. Mr. MacNeil had been living in an assisted-living facility in Charlottesville. A pure baritone with power from low to high notes, he was considered the
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The Russians Are Coming To Logan's Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre Salt Lake Tribune
Google News - Jun 30, 2011

The bass who plays the Russian czar Boris Godunov is Craig Hart, who has extensive experience singing in Russian and whose mentor was Jerome Hines, the first American to perform the title role at the Bolshoi in Moscow. (In 1962, Hines famously sang
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Reading Club Starts Season With Opera Tri Town News
Google News - Jun 01, 2011

He has accompanied Beverly Sills, Jerome Hines and many other internationally acclaimed singers and has served as a faculty member at the University of Texas, the University of Connecticut, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Northeastern
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Veteran Bass Baritone John Cheek Comes To Opera Theatre St Ltoday.Com
Google News - May 29, 2011

He cites that first Met "Pelleas," with a cast of legendary singing actors who included soprano Teresa Stratas, bass-baritone Jose van Dam and bass Jerome Hines. When Stratas, as Melisande, died, "We couldn't speak, we were so overcome
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1921 Birth Born in 1921.

TWENTIES

1941 20 Years Old Hines made his operatic debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1941, singing Monterone in Rigoletto. … Read More

1946 25 Years Old In 1946, Hines made his debut at the Met as the Sergeant in Boris Godunov. … Read More

THIRTIES

1952 31 Years Old Hines was married to the soprano Lucia Evangelista from 1952 until her death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2000. … Read More

1953 32 Years Old In 1953, Hines made his European debut with Glyndebourne Festival as Nick Shadow at the Edinburgh Festival in the first British performances of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.

1958 37 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1958, he made his debut at La Scala in the title role of George Frideric Handel's Hercules.

FORTIES

1961 40 Years Old In 1961, he first appeared at the San Carlo in the title role of Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele.

1962 41 Years Old In 1962, he sang Boris Godunov at the Bolshoi in Moscow, famously for Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on the eve of the resolution of the Cuban Missile crisis. … Read More

1968 47 Years Old A born-again Christian and member of the Salvation Army, Hines composed an opera on the life of Jesus, I Am the Way. He sang the role of Jesus at the Met in 1968 (though not in a staged production of his opera) and performed the work many times around the world. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2003 82 Years Old Hines died of undisclosed causes in 2003, at age 81 at a Manhattan hospital.

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