Lawrence Winters
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Lawrence Whisonant, known professionally as Lawrence Winters, was born on 15 November 1915 in King's Creek, South Carolina, and became an American bassâbaritone singer. After private studies in Salisbury, North Carolina, he entered Howard University in 1941, where he was mentored by Todd Duncan, and earned a bachelor's degree in Music in 1944. His first public appearance as a soloist occurred in 1942 with the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, and he made his recital debut at Town Hall in 1947. Winters' operatic breakthrough came in 1948 with his debut at the New York City Opera as Amonasro in Aida, a role that would recur throughout his career. His recordings include "Miteinander, Füreinander"(1963), which charted in Germany. He toured extensively in Europe and the United States, performing with the Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Vienna State Opera, and appeared in the 1951 recording of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with Camilla Williams. In 1960 he returned to Broadway in The Long Dream, earning a Tony Award nomination. Lawrence Winters died on 24 September 1965 in Hamburg, Germany, at the age of fifty, and was interred at Ohlsdorf Cemetery.
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- Verdi: La traviata, Act II: Hat dein heimatliches Land featuring Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
- Verdi: La traviata, Act I: Fräulein Valery? - Die bin ich featuring Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
- Going Home Train
- The Red Ball Express
- Drei Münzen Im Brunnen
- The Face on the Dime
- The Red Ball Express by Lawrence Winters
- Going Home Train by Lawrence Winters
- Act III: Good Mornin: Sistuh!
- Act III: Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
- Act III: The Fight And Murder Of Crown By Porgy
- There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
- Act II: Bess, You is My Woman Now
- Act III: Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Down-Hearted
- Act II: I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'
- Act II: Buzzard Song
- Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 2: Serena's Room - The Following Night
- Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Catfish Row - A Summer Evening
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 3: Catfish Row - Before Dawn - A Week Later
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 2: Kittiwah Island - Evening, the Same Day
- Act III: Ain't You Say Bess Gone To New York? // Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Catfish Row - A Month Later
- Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 2: Catfish Row - The Next Afternoon
- Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 1: Catfish Row - The Next Night
