Dale Duesing is an American

United States

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 baritone

Baritone

Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...

. As an opera

Opera

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 singer he has had an international career spanning five decades.

Duesing grew up in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. He studied piano

Piano

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 throughout childhood, and enrolled at Lawrence University

Lawrence University

Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...

 majoring in piano performance. He switched to vocal performance while in college, and won the Metropolitan Opera Competition in his final year of study. After traveling to Europe with a Fulbright Scholarship

Fulbright Program

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, Duesing made a name for himself there.

Duesing has performed at the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

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, San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera

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, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago

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, La Scala

La Scala

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, Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

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, Paris Opera, and Covent Garden

Royal Opera House

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, among others.

In 1993, Duesing received a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for his recording of Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber

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's The Lovers with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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and was called the Singer of the Year by Opernwelt magazine in 1994.

Recently Duesing has started directing, debuting at Frankfurt Opera with Il viaggio a Reims.

External links

• Dale Duesing at Operabase