Bruce Hubbard [SEP] voice type
Bruce Hubbard
Bruce Hubbard (1952 − 12 November 1991) was an American operatic baritone. A Drama Desk and Laurence Olivier Award nominee for Best Actor, he performed on Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, BBC television, in concert and made several recordings. He is most famous for appearing as Joe in "Show Boat", and as Jake, as well as Porgy, in "Porgy and Bess" on Broadway, the West End, and in several major opera houses and regional theatres. He graduated from the Indiana
, Hubbard died from pneumonia in New York University Hospital. He was 39 years old.
Legacy.
To honor his memory, in 1992, family, friends, and colleagues established the "Bruce Hubbard Memorial Scholarship Fund" at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. The scholarship is awarded annually to voice majors, with preference given to minority students. In announcing the scholarship on its website, the university noted that, in addition to his performances on the musical theatre stage, in recordings and in opera houses across