Born: February 29, 1920 - Minneapolis, USA

The American tenor, David Lloyd, was educated at the Minneapolis College of Music, graduating with B.A. in 1950, and studied voice with Bonelli at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

In October 1950 David Lloyd made his operatic debut as David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the New York City Opera, where he sang regularly until 1958. He appeared there again in 1965 and 1976. His other operatic engagements took him to Boston, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, and St. Paul. In 1955 he sag at the Athens Festival and in 1957 at the Glyndebourne Festival. He also pursued an active career as a concert and oratorio singer.

David Lloyd taught at the University of Illinois in Urbana from 1971, and was a director of the Lake George Opera Festival in New York from 1974.

David Lloyd was particularly admired for his roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini, and Richard Strauss.

Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2001)

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