Richard Stilwell (bass-baritone)
- Richard Stilwell (bass-baritone)
Richard Stilwell III (b. 6 May, 1942, St. Louis, Missouri) is an operatic and concert bass-baritone. [New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol 4, p.545]
After graduating from Indiana University in 1966, Stilwell joined the Army Chorus in Washington. He appeared as a soloist with the chorus singing the tribute: "One Small Step" in a national telecast with the returning astronauts of Apollo 11 and President Richard Nixon.
Stilwell sang Billy Budd in the premiere of Britten's "Billy Budd" at the Metropolitan Opera. He appears alongside Frederica von Stade in the landmark recording of Pelleas et Melisande under the baton of Herbert von Karajan, and as the voice of the Count from Le nozze di Figaro in the 1984 film, Amadeus.
Although continuing to appear at major opera houses throughout the United States and Europe, Stilwell instructs voice at the Chicago College of Performing Arts in Chicago, Illinois.
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*Myers, Eric, [http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=1672&issueID=72&archive=true Reunion: Richard Stilwell] ,"Opera News", June 2006, vol 70, no. 12
* [http://www.cami.com/?webid=468 Biography] on Columbia Artists Management
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