Arnold Voketaitis [SEP] voice type
Arnold Voketaitis
Arnold Voketaitis (born May 11, 1930, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American bass-baritone of Lithuanian descent who had an active singing career performing in operas, concerts, and recitals from the late 1950s through the 1990s. He enjoyed a particularly successful partnership with the New York City Opera and has performed with most of the major opera companies in North America. A strong actor, he has a powerful voice with a wide range and fine timbre.
Biography.
Born in Connecticut, Voketaitis
Arnold Voketaitis as the Pirate King and Ruth Kobart as Ruth and Marcello in "La bohème" with Karol Loraine as Musetta, Dolores Mari as Mimì, and David Poleri as Rodolfo. In 1961 he took over the role of the Pirate King from Voketaitis and also appeared at the City Opera that year as Michele in Puccini's "Il tabarro" with Arlene Saunders as Giorgetta, Count Almaviva in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" with Doris Jung as the Countess and Emile de Becque in Rodgers and Hammerstein's