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Andrew McKinley (1903 – 11 January 1996) was an American operatic tenor, violinist, arts administrator, music educator, and school administrator. Although he mainly performed in the United States, he had an active international singing career with major opera companies and symphony orchestras from the 1940s through the 1960s. His repertoire spanned a wide range, from leading tenor parts to character roles. As a performer McKinley is best remembered for creating roles in the world premieres of two operas by Gian Carlo Menotti: Nika Magadoff in the Pulitzer Prize winning ''The Consul'' (1950) and King Kaspar in the Peabody Award winning ''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' (1951).〔John Ardoin. ''The Stages of Menotti'', Doubleday Press, 1985〕 The latter opera was made by the NBC Opera Theatre, and McKinley filmed several more operas with that organization during his career. He also taught violin at the Juilliard School of Music for almost four decades and in 1968 founded the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in Wheatley Heights, Long Island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andrew McKinley, Versatile Tenor, 92 )〕 ==Early life and career== Born in Pittsburgh, McKinley entered the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) as a violin major in 1922. He later joined the violin faculty of the school's pre-college division in the early 1930s; remaining as an instructor at Juilliard until 1970. While a student at Juilliard he began performing as a violinist, mainly in orchestras and chamber ensembles. He continued to play the violin for the rest of his life.〔 Although his performance career started and finished as a violinist, McKinley became more well known to audiences internationally for his work as a singer. He began his singing career as a concert singer in the United States, but had his first major successes when he branched out into opera in the 1940s. He appeared with several leading opera houses in both the United States and Europe during his career,〔 including the Glyndebourne Festival Opera where he was seen as Malcolm in Giuseppe Verdi's ''Macbeth'' in 1947.〔''Fifty years of Glyndebourne: an illustrated history'' by John Julius Norwich, 1985〕 In 1946 McKinley made his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as the tenor soloist for performances of Giuseppe Verdi's ''Messa da Requiem'' with Frances Yeend as the soprano soloist. He later sang Verdi's Requiem with Yeend again for his debut performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1951 under conductor Eugene Ormandy. Also in 1946, he sang in radio broadcasts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Arturo Toscanini.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arturo Toscanini: the NBC years )〕 In 1946–1947 he was committed to the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company; making his debut with the company as Turiddu in ''Cavalleria rusticana'' with Elda Ercole and Herva Nelli alternating in the role of Santuzza.〔New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: ''Folder: Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company''〕 In 1950 he returned to Philadelphia to create the role of Nika Magadoff in the world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's ''The Consul'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='CONSUL' CHEERED IN PHILADELPHIA; Marie Powers and Patricia Neway Both Stop Show in New Menotti Work )〕 and continued with the production when it moved to Broadway later that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MAGICIANS ON BROADWAY: SERIOUS AND COMIC )〕 He also sang the part at La Scala in Milan in 1951.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=La Scala Offers Menotti's 'Consul' With 2 Members of Original Cast )〕 In 1952 McKinley made his first appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Ludwig van Beethoven's ''Symphony No. 9'' at the Ravinia Festival with fellow soloists Eileen Farrell, Jane Hobson, and Mack Harrell. That same year he was the tenor soloist in Hector Berlioz's ''Requiem'' with conductor Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Festival. In 1953 he portrayed Prince Shuisky to George London's ''Boris Godunov'' at the Metropolitan Opera. That same year he sang the role of Nika Magadoff again with the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1954 McKinley sang in the very first season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago; appearing as Grumio in Vittorio Giannini's ''The Taming of the Shrew''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1954 Season Performance and Cast Archive )〕 He also sang in concert performances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra that year; including singing Prince Shuisky to the Boris of Jerome Hines and the title part in Berlioz's ''La damnation de Faust''. He returned to Baltimore in 1956 to sing the role of Camille in Franz Lehár's ''The Merry Widow''. In 1957 he was the tenor soloist in the world premiere of Cecil Effinger's oratorio ''The Invisible Fire'' at Hoch Auditorium in Lawrence, Kansas with the Kansas City Philharmonic under conductor Thor Johnson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew McKinley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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