Donnie Ray Albert [SEP] voice type
Donnie Ray Albert
Donnie Ray Albert (born January 10, 1950) is an American operatic baritone who has had an active international career since 1976.
Life and career.
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Albert graduated from McKinley Senior High School in 1968. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University in 1972. He went on to earn a Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University where he studied with Thomas Hayward.
Albert made his professional opera debut in May 1975 at the Houston
and legacy.
In 1964, Hayward left New York for Dallas, Texas, where he became Artist-in-Residence and Chairman of the Voice and Opera Departments of the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. He was further honored by being named the Meadows Distinguished Professor of Voice in 1990, and soon after his death in 1995 the establishment of the Thomas Hayward Memorial Award.
Notable protégés.
- Fernando del Valle
- Donnie Ray Albert
- Gary Lakes
- Jeff Harnar
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