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William Leonard Blankenship (born 7 March 1928 Gatesville, Texas) is an American operatic tenor, music pedagogue at the collegiate level, stage and television actor, and stage director.〔 In Europe, Blankenship sang roles at the opera houses in Vienna (Vienna Volksoper & Vienna State Opera), Stuttgart, Hamburg, Braunschweig (1957–1960), Bern (1960), Mannheim, Brunswick, Munich (from 1965), Berne, Klagenfurt (1956 European debut), Bregenz (1972 as Phoebus in ''The Fairy-Queen'' by Henry Purcell). In the United States, he sang with the Santa Fe Opera, San Antonio, San Diego (1968), Dallas Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. He has sung in international festivals in Moscow, Salzburg, Vienna, Munich, and Rio de Janeiro. He has concertized with major orchestras on radio and television.〔〔 He is the father of Rebecca Blankenship, an American operatic soprano.〔 == Selected discography == * Giuseppe Verdi: ''Otello'', re-released by Arthaus Musik (in mono) (2010) () ::Singers: Adolf Dallapozza, Willy Ferenz, Margarita Lilova, Leo Heppe, Norman Mittelmann, Walter Kreppel, Wolfgang Windgassen, William Blankenship, Sena Jurinac ::Conductor: Argeo Quadri ::Orchestras: Vienna State Opera Chorus, South German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys' Choir * Ernst Krenek, ''Jonny spielt auf (Jonny Strikes Up)'' ::LP – Amadeo AVRS 5038, Philips SAL 3498 (1965) (); Amadeo AVRS 13 257 ::CD (re-release) Vanguard Classics (1994) :: William Blankenship (Max), Evelyn Lear (Anita), Gerd Feldhoff (Jonny), Thomas Stewart (Daniello), Lucia Popp (Yvonne) ::Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor * Othmar Schoeck, ''Penthesilea'' BASF Harmonia Mundi 49 22485-6 (1975) () ::Hana Janku, Barbara Scherler, sopranos; Carl Smith, mezzo-soprano; Raili Kostia, contralto; William Blankenship, tenor; Roland Hermann, Kurt Widmer, baritones; supporting soloists; Choir of North German Radio Hamburg; Kölner Rundfunkchor; Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester; Zdeněk Mácal, conductor 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「William Blankenship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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