Gregory Stapp [SEP] voice type
Gregory Stapp
Gregory Stapp is an American bass who has performed actively in concerts and operas internationally for more than 35 years. He has had a particularly fruitful partnership with the San Francisco Opera, portraying more than 30 roles with the company since 1980. He has also worked actively as a private voice teacher and as a teacher of master classes at a number of universities. He is the current Second Vice President of the American Guild of Musical Artists.
Early life and education.
Born and raised in Colorado, Stapp
and he became the minister of music at the Broadmoor Community Church and an active member of the musical scene in the city. He commuted and continued to teach at Loretto Heights and Colorado School of Mines. He served as a professor of choral music at Rice University in 1986-1987, after which he lived in retirement in Colorado. Among his notable students were conductors David Agler, Larry Biser, Eph Ehly, Gregory Gentry, Patricia Kazarow and Wayne Richmond and voice students [Gregory Stapp] and Bruce Brys. He died