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Lawrence Winters

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Actor 1915–1965 On stage 1946–1960

Lawrence Winters (née Lawrence Lafayette Whisonant; 15 November 1915 in King's Creek, South Carolina – 24 September 1965 in Hamburg, Germany), bass-baritone, was an American opera singer who had an active international career from the mid-1940s through the mid-1960s. He was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve wide success and is viewed as part of an instrumental group of performers who helped break down the barriers of racial prejudice in the opera world. He began his opera career at the New York City Opera in 1946 during a time when the NYCO was one of the few American opera companies hiring black artists. He sang a varied repertoire there through 1955, after whic…

On stage 3 productions, 14 years

1946 Call Me Mister National Theatre · Original · directed by Robert H. Gordon 734 perf.
1954 Show Boat City Center · Revival · directed by William Hammerstein 15 perf.
1960 The Long Dream Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by Lloyd Richards 5 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Studio cast (1951) : Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Warren Coleman, Avon Long, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Lehman Engel (conductor). Columbia OSL 163; reissued on Odyssey 32 36 0018 (nearly complete on three LPs).ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Act One: Prologue—The Veranda: “Want to Join the Angels” (Lucretia West, Lawrence Winters, Priscilla Gillette, Brenda Lewis, Chorus); Introduction (Orchestra); “Oh, Cal” (Lucretia Winters, Eileen Faull); “Now, Mister Marshall” (Brenda Lewis, Eileen Faull, Lloyd Thomas, Michael Pollock, Leon Lishner, Emile Renan); “The Children Will Drive…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Oh, Addie” (Brenda Lewis); “Deedle Doodle” (Michael Pollock, Lawrence Winters, Emile Renan, Eileen Faull, Brenda Lewis); Careful, Papa” (Priscilla Gillette, William Wilderman, Eileen Faull); “The Bottle of Medicine” (Priscilla Gillette, Eileen Faull, Brenda Lewis, Lucretia West, William Wilderman, Leon Lishner, Michael Pollock);…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Cotton Blossom” (Ensemble); “Show Boat Parade and Ballyhoo” (Burl Ives, The Show Boat Troupe, and Townspeople); “Only Make Believe” (Robert Rounseville, Laurel Hurley); “Ol’ Man River” (Lawrence Winters, Stevedores); “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” (Helena Bliss, Helen Phillips, Laurel Hurley, Lawrence Winters, Quintet); “I Might Fa…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Lee Charles (Leader), Patti Austin (Nita), Rosetta Le Noire (Grace Kumalo), Lawrence Winters (Stephen Kumalo), Robert Ruddy (Station Master), Alexander Yancy Jr. (The Young Man), Mary Louise (The Young Woman), Nicholas Joy (James Jarvis), Chris Snell (Edward Jarvis), John Irving (Arthur Jarvis), Frederick O’Neal (John Kumalo), Emor…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “The Hills of Ixtapo” (Lee Charles, Singers); “Thousands of Miles” (Lawrence Winters); “Train to Johannesburg” (Lee Charles, Singers); “The Search” (Lawrence Winters, Lee Charles, Singers); “The Little Gray House” (Lawrence Winters, Singers); “Who’ll Buy?” (Olga James); “Trouble Man” (Shirley Carter); “Murder in Parkwold” (Singer…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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