David Lloyd (Tenor)

Born: February 29, 1920 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

The American tenor, David Lloyd, was educated at the Minneapolis College of Music, graduating with B.A. in 1950, and studied voice with Richard 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 sang 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 joined the Lake George Opera Festival in New York in 1963, its second season, as performer and stage director. From 1965 through 1980 he was the company's General Director. He also taught at the University of Illinois in Urbana from 1971.

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); R.T. - A former company member (March 2011)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2001); R.T. (March 2011); Manfred Krugmann (Photos 01-03, July 2011)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Leonard Bernstein

Tenor

BWV 244 [sung in English]

Ifor Jones

Tenor

BWV 71

Links to other Sites

Lake George Opera Festival (Lake George Mirror Magazine)