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Daniel Ferro (10 April 1921 – 18 November 2015) was an American bass-baritone and voice teacher. He was known primarily as a teacher whose students have included many prominent opera singers,〔Blier, Steven (August 2003). ("A singer's diary: Trading up" ). ''Opera News''. Retrieved 14 October 2011 .〕 but he also had a career as a singer himself both on the concert stage and in opera and musical theatre. ==Life and career== Ferro was born in New York as Daniel Eisen, the son of Joseph Eisen (born in the province of Galicia, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) and Pauline Greenberg Eisen (born in Holyoke, Massachusetts to immigrant parents from southern Ukraine). He graduated from the Juilliard School of Music (in 1948) and from Columbia University. A Fulbright scholarship enabled him to pursue further vocal studies in Austria at the Salzburg Mozarteum and in Italy at the Accademia Chigiana and the Accademia Santa Cecilia.〔''Opera Canada'' (1988). (Volumes 29-30 ), p. 22〕 Early in his career he changed his surname from Eisen, the German word for iron, to Ferro, the Italian word for iron. During the early 1950s, Ferro was member of the Graz Opera Company in Austria where his appearances included ''Mathis der Maler'' (Truchsess von Waldburg) and ''Parsifal'' (Titurel).〔List, Rudolf (1966). (''Oper und Operette in Graz'' ) pp. 141-143. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag 〕 He also appeared on European concert stages and toured with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. When Ferro returned to the United States in 1956, he took up an appointment as Associate Professor in the voice department at Butler University in Indiana. The 1960s found him in back in New York City, teaching at Hunter College and later at the Manhattan School of Music where he became chairman of the voice department. During that time, he also performed in both musical theatre and opera, including leading roles in musicals with St. John Terrell's Company and other summer stock theatres, a revival of ''The Saint of Bleecker Street'' in New York City, and concert performances of ''Werther'' in Carnegie Hall and ''William Tell'' at Lincoln Center.〔Lambertville-Music-Circus.org. (Leading Roles 1963 ). Retrieved 14 October 2011.〕〔''New York Times'' (15 November 1965). "Massenet Opera is Revived Here; 'Werther' is Given its First Performance Since 1948".〕 In 1972, Ferro joined the faculty of the Juilliard School, a post he held until his retirement as "vocal faculty emeritus" in 2006. Since then he has continued to give master classes there. However his voice teaching has extended far beyond Juilliard both through his private voice studio in New York and his masterclasses at many of the world's conservatories including the Conservatoire de musique, Montréal, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal College of Music, Stockholm and the Accademia Chigiana where he had once been a student himself. In France he has taught at the Opéra de Paris, Paris Conservatory and Fondation Royaumont and in 1988 was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his services to music.〔Daniel Ferro Vocal Program (Greve in Chianti, Italy). (Faculty biographies ). Retrieved 14 October 2011.〕 Among the many prominent opera singers who have studied with Ferro are Evelyn Lear,〔Baker, David (May 2006). ("Reunion: Evelyn Lear" ). ''Opera News''. Retrieved 14 October 2011.〕 Thomas Stewart,〔Millington Barry (29 September 2006). ("Obituary: Thomas Stewart, US baritone with a magisterial voice and striking presence" ). ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 14 October 2011.〕 Kathleen Battle,〔Von Rhein, John (21 April 1985). ("Soprano Kathleen Battle: From Unknown To Operatic Star Of Two Continents" ). ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved 14 October 2011.〕 Alan Titus,〔 Rosalind Elias,〔Hamilton, David (1987). "Elias, Rosalind", ''The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia'', p. 116. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-61732-5〕 Patricia Brooks,〔Cummings, David M. (1990). ("Brooks, Patricia" ), ''Who's Who in Classical Music'', p. 97. ISBN 0-948875-20-8〕 Ruth Welting,〔Interview with Ruth Welting by Bruce Duffie. ().〕 and Youngok Shin, Richard Stilwell.〔 In 1995 Ferro founded the Daniel Ferro Vocal Program which takes place each summer in Greve in Chianti, Italy and remains its Artistic Director. The program includes master classes and private voice lessons for young singers as well as public performances in the Castello di Verrazzano and the town's piazza and churches.〔Shakespeare, Margaret (May 2001). ("Classroom With a View" ). ''Opera News''. Retrieved 14 October 2011 .〕 In 2011, the program faculty and students celebrated Ferro's 90th birthday.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=(Greve in Chianti ) Addio a Daniel Ferro, 94enne gigante della formazione legata alla lirica - gonews.it )〕 He died on 18 November 2015.〔(Death of an influential bass-baritone, aged 93 )〕 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「Daniel Ferro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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