Donald Adams
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About
Best remembered for his roles in such light, comic operas as The Merry Widow, The Cunning Little Vixen, and The Mikado, this 20th-century bass-baritone founded an opera company called Gilbert and Sullivan for All and also frequently performed with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Before Fame
During his teenage years, he acted professionally in a BBC Repertory Company theatrical production. Around this time, he studied voice with La Scala opera performer Rodolfo Melle.
Trivia
He performed many times with the English National Opera, appearing in productions of Don Pasquale, La Boheme, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Bristol, England, where he was educated at the Bristol Cathedral School. In his late sixties, he died in Norwich of a brain tumor.
Associated With
Charles Mackerras of the Welsh National Opera conducted many of Adams' opera recordings.
