Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Ikaia-Purdy was born in Hawaii, studied with
Carlo Bergonzi in Italy. Ikaia-Purdy won prizes in several vocal
competitions: National Belcanto Competition, Voci Verdiane in
Busseto and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
His first international engagement was at the Staatstheater in
Wiesbaden as Don Carlos during the International May Festival in
1989. Ikaia-Purdy sang other lirico-spinto roles.
Ikaia-Purdy appeared in the major German houses, Amsterdam,
Carnegie Hall, Verona, Covent Garden and in Wien at the Staatsoper.
Ikaia-Purdy was a member of the Staatsoper from the 1992/93
season onwards. Ikaia-Purdy made guest appearances at
the Ludwigsburg Festival.
Ikaia-Purdy was certainly the most unwelcome singer at the Staatsoper in Vienna, especially when his name appeared
in the program at the last moment to replace a sick colleague.
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