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Jess Thomas (August 4, 1927 – October 11, 1993) was an American operatic tenor, best known for singing Wagner compositions.
Oct 11, 1993 · The History of Jess Thomas. Born: August 4, 1927. Died: October 11, 1993. American Tenor. Thomas made his operatic debut in 1957 for the San Francisco Opera performing in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier as the Haushofmeister.
Mar 2, 2023 · The American singer Jess Thomas (1927 – 1993) was a true “heldentenor”, admired for his Lohengrin, Florestan, Parsifal and for the parts he worked on with Karajan: Siegfried and the Emperor in “Die Frau ohne Schatten”.
Jul 21, 2008 · JESS THOMAS, 66, tenor; from a heart attack; in San Francisco. At 6 ft. 3 in. with a solid, profoundly expressive tenor, Thomas was truly a born Wagnerian hero.
Nov 15, 2020 · Assuming the role of the medieval knight Tannhäuse r, who succumbs to the sexual temptations of the goddess Venus, South Dakota heldentenor Jess Thomas displayed both dramatic vocal power and a lyrical vocal beauty that I call bel canto Wagnerian singing.
Jess Thomas scores high on all counts, as he proved last week singing the role of Radames in the Metropolitan Opera production of A’ida.
Oct 11, 1993 · Jess Thomas was a lyric and Wagnerian tenor. As a child he took part in various musical activities and later studied psychology at the University of Nebraska and Stanford University. He was awarded the Wagner medal at Bayreuth, Germany in 1963.
