Gene Boucher [SEP] date of death
Gene Boucher
Gene Boucher (6 December 1933, Bohol, Philippines - 31 January 1994, Manhattan) was an American operatic baritone. His career was chiefly associated with the Metropolitan Opera where he performed annually from 1965 until 1984 in more than 1000 performances in mainly comprimario roles. In 1964 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In 1966 he created the role of Dolabella in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra".
Life and career.
Born Eugene Boucher in the Philippines, Boucher
Pub dates 1981 Nov, 1983 Dec, 1985 Sep, Paperback (248 pp)
- 1991, Italy, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Urania #1156), Pub date 1991 Jan, Paperback digest (176 pp), as Limbo
Reception.
"Galaxy" reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel as "unpretentious space opera. . . . good adventure reading for a couple of carefree hours." Anthony Boucher was less impressed, finding "Sargasso" "a competent routine space opera obviously aimed at the audience