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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
Tenor Rodrick Dixon adds to the cast as the title role in Alexander Zemlinsky's The Dwarf (Der Zwerg) based on Oscar Wilde's one-act tragedy "The Birthday of the Infanta." Mr. Dixon has appeared on stage and in concert in a variety of dramatic roles that encompass the worlds of opera, oratorio, concert, music theater and television. His television credits include the PBS specials Cook Dixon and Young: Volume One and Washington Opera Gala at Constitution Hall. In 2007 Mr. Dixon made his LA Opera debut in Wagner's Tannhäuser and also performed in the Company's Recovered Voices concert. He returned to the Cincinnati May festival to sing Rossini's Stabat Mater under the baton of James Conlon and returned to the Todi Music Festival to sing the role of Lenski in Eugene Onegin. His 2007 tour dates included concerts with soprano Alfreda Burke in Italy and the tenors Cook, Dixon and Young in Alaska and Canada. Mr. Dixon is featured in a new PBS special The United States Air Force 60th Anniversary: A Musical Celebration featuring the Air Force Symphony and Singing Sergeants.
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