William Cochran
23 June 1943 Columbus (Ohio) – 16 January 2022 Königstein am Taunus
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
He studied voice with Martial Singer in Philadelphia and with Lotte Lehmann in California and
made his debut as Kunz Vogelgesang at the Met in 1968. After appearances in San Francisco and Mexico City, he went to Europe
in 1970; in Hamburg and at the Vienna Staatsoper, and particularly in Frankfurt and Munich, he specialized in Wagner, but sang
also Idomeneo, Hoffmann, Laca, Peter Grimes or Canio, for instance. Guest
appearances at Covent Garden (1974), at the Met (1984/85, two performances as Bacchus), in New Orleans, Boston, San Francisco,
Zürich, Madrid, Brussels, Amsterdam, at the Berlin Staatsoper or the Paris Opéra. He sang until 2001.
Reference 1, reference 2: Kutsch & Riemens, reference 3, reference 4
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I wish to thank Imogen Norcroft for the recordings (Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater, Siegmund heiß' ich,
Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond 1).
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