Limuel B. Forgey III

Limuel (Lim) Forgey III (born November 17, 1971).Baritone Singer/Conductor

Limuel Forgey was born in Sunnyside, Washington. Limuel has won critical acclaim and various and numerous awards in the field of music. As a singer, Limuel is known for his unique tone quality "encompassing all of the beauty of a tenor voice with the warmth of a baritone" as one critic put it.

Forgey was trained by renowned instructors in the field of music including Emilie Berendson, Leon Lishner [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514051/] and William Eddy.

An accomplished conductor, Forgey's instructors include Paul Klemme and Maestro Abraham Kaplan [http://www.abrahamkaplan.com/biography.html] .

Forgey is a sought-after guest artist and performer. In 2006, he premiered the role of "Roger Chillingworth" in Jon Rainbow's opera "The Scarlet Letter". Other roles have included "Figaro" in "Le Nozze Di Figaro," W.A. Mozart; "Papageno" in "Die Zauberflote," W.A. Mozart; Bob in "The Old Maid and the Thief," Gian Carlo Menotti.

Forgey lives in Visalia, California and servers as Minister of Music at Christ Lutheran Church.

---- [Abraham Kaplan] http://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1977c.html [Leon Lishner New York Times Obituary] http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E1D91339F930A15752C1A963958260 [Emily Berendsen ] http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/archives/1990/9004200028.asp