Bruce Fowler (3)

Biography

Bruce Fowler (born 1965) is an American classical tenor who has had a major international performance career in operas and concerts since the early 1990s. He is known for his appearances in bel canto operas. His first recording, as the tenor soloist for Handel's Messiah with Telarc, was nominated for a Grammy Award. He has also recorded Gioachino Rossini's Stabat Mater for Harmonia Mundi, Rossini's Armida for Sony, Jacques Ibert's Angelique for Fonit Cetra, Georg Philipp Telemann's Der Tag des Gerichts and Hugo Weisgall's Six Characters in Search of an Author on New World Records. Born in West Monroe, Louisiana, where he graduated from West Monroe High School, Fowler studied at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he earned bachelor's degrees in both voice and church music. He did post-baccalaureate studies at the University of Houston and earned a master's degree in vocal performance (opera) from the University of North Texas in Denton, before becoming a member of the young artist program at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He made his stage debut with that company as Évandre in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Alceste with Jessye Norman in 1990. In the 1993-1994 season, Fowler appeared as Carlo in Gioachino Rossini's Armida at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy with Renée Fleming in the title role, Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Lindoro in L'italiana in Algeri at the Cleveland Opera, and performed the role of Tonio in La fille du régiment with Opéra de Montréal. In 1994, Fowler won first prize at the Operalia, The World Opera Competition. He went on to win several other competitions, including the Baltimore Opera International Vocal Competition, the Liederkranz Foundation competition, the Maguerite McCammon Award, and grants from the Sullivan Foundation. In 1995-1996, Fowler sang Edward Milfort in La cambiale di matrimonio at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy, Don Narciso in Il turco in Italia at t

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