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William Warfield


 

William Warfield (22 January 1920 - 26 August 2002), concert baritone singer, was born in West Helena, Arkansas. He gave his recital debut in New York's Town Hall of March 19, 1950. He was quickly invited by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to tour that continent for 35 concerts. In 1952, Warfield performed in Porgy and Bess during a tour of Europe sponsored by the U.S. State Department (he made six separate tours for the US Department of State, more than any other American solo artist.) In this production he played opposite the opera star Leontyne Price, whom he soon married, but the demands of two separate careers left them little time together. They divorced in 1972.

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