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Rockwell Blake

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Voice: Tenor
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1951

About Rockwell Blake:

Rockwell Blake (born January 10, 1951) is an American operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in Rossini operas. He was the first winner of the Richard Tucker Award.

Born and raised in Plattsburgh, NY, Blake was the son of a mink farmer. After graduating from high school in Peru, he studied music first at the State University of New York at Fredonia and then at The Catholic University of America. On leaving Catholic University, he served for three years in the United States Navy as a member of the Sea Chanters male chorus and later as a soloist with the US Navy Band. During that time, he continued his voice training with Renata Carisio Booth, who had been his teacher since his school days.

He made his solo opera debut in 1976 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as Lindoro in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, and made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1981 in the same role, with Marilyn Horne as his Isabella. He went on to become one of the leading Rossini singers of his generation, singing regularly at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro since his debut there in 1983. He made his only stage appearance at La Scala in 1992 as Giacomo in La donna del lago. It was La Scala's first production of the opera in 150 years and was staged to mark the bicentenary of Rossini's birth.

Although several critics have expressed reservations about the intrinsic slightly harsh timbre of his voice, his two-and-a-half octave range and mastery of florid vocal technique and coloratura have made him a successful interpreter not only of Rossini's tenore contraltino roles (in whose recent revival he has been a chief protagonist), but also of operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini and Handel. Within that repertoire, Blake has sung in over 40 operas, including relative rarities such as Rossini's Zelmira, Mozart's' Zaide, Donizetti's Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo, Haydn's L'infedelta delusa and Boieldieu's La Dame blanche. Blake has also been active in the orchestral and oratorio tenor repertoire, performing in works by Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Britten, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, and Stravinsky.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Un vago sembiante Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles:
2Ah! segnar invano io tento Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 2.01

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Argirio
3Tutto e sciolto Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.03-2

Type: recitativeVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvino/Amina
4Perdona o mia diletta Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.07-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S T TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina/Elvino/Notary
5Elvino..Elvino.. Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.18-2

Type: trioVoice: S S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina/Lisa/Rodolfo
6D'un pensiero e d'un accento Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.22

Type: quartetVoice: T B Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvino/Alessio/Teresa/Amina
7Son geloso del zefiro errante Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.16-2

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina/Elvino
8La speranza piu soave Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 2.12

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idreno
9La dal gange a te primiero Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 1.04

Type: recitativeVoice: T B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idreno/Assur/Oroe
10Serbami ognor Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 1.27

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Semiramide/Mitrane
11Where er you walk Popularity:

Opera: SemeleComposer: HandelAct:

Type: Voice: tenorLanguage: English

Roles:
12Dorme ognuno in queste soglie Popularity:

Opera: Scala di Seta, LaComposer: RossiniAct: 1.16

Type: Voice: S B T B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giulia/Germano/Dorvil/Blansac/Dormont
13Son gia lontani Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.04

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arturo
14Vieni fra queste braccia Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.07

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Arturo
15A te o cara Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.12

Type: aria,choirVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arturo
16Credeasi misera Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.10

Type: quartet,choirVoice: S T Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Arturo/Riccardo/Giorgio
17Mes amis ecoutez l'histoire Popularity:

Opera: Postillon de Lonjumeau, LeComposer: AdamAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: French

Roles: Chapelou
18Non m'inganno al mio rivale Popularity:

Opera: OtelloComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles:
19No non temer Popularity:

Opera: OtelloComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles:
20Ah come mai non senti Popularity:

Opera: OtelloComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles:
21Il tuo rigore insano Popularity:

Opera: Occasione fa il ladro, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 1.03

Type: trioVoice: T B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alberto/Martino/Parmenione
22D'ogni piu sacro impegno Popularity:

Opera: Occasione fa il ladro, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 1.11

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alberto
23Voci di giubilo Popularity:

Opera: Mose in EgittoComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: quintetVoice: B B T S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mosè/Faraone/Elézer/Sinaide/Amenofi
24Mi manca la voce Popularity:

Opera: Mose in EgittoComposer: RossiniAct: 3

Type: quintetVoice: B S B B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mosè/Sinaide/Osiride/Faraone/Aufide
25Ah! se puoi cosi lasciarmi Popularity:

Opera: Mose in EgittoComposer: RossiniAct: 1

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anaï/Amenofi
26Tu che fedel mi sei Popularity:

Opera: Mitridate, Re di PontoComposer: MozartAct: 2.05

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mitridate
27Gia pieta mi spoglio Popularity:

Opera: Mitridate, Re di PontoComposer: MozartAct: 2.19

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mitridate
28Se di lauri il crine Popularity:

Opera: Mitridate, Re di PontoComposer: MozartAct: 1.16

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mitridate
29Vado incontro al fato Popularity:

Opera: Mitridate, Re di PontoComposer: MozartAct: 3.05

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mitridate
30Quel ribelle Popularity:

Opera: Mitridate, Re di PontoComposer: MozartAct: 1.22

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mitridate
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