Gary Lakes
Lakes was born in Woodward, Oklahoma, and raised in Irving, Texas. He made his professional debut with the Seattle Opera in the role of Froh in 1981 in Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'', after attending Southern Methodist University where he studied with Thomas Hayward. He was a high school football defensive tackle, but switched his career aspirations to singing after a cracked vertebra derailed any hope for a football career. He debuted with the Metropolitan Opera on February 4, 1986 as the High Priest in Mozart's ''Idomeneo'' and soon after sang the ensemble role of Walther von der Vogelweide in Wagner's ''Tannhäuser''. In 1987, he sang the role of Siegmund in Wagner's ''Die Walküre'' with the Met. He sang the role of Siegmund on both the Met's DVD and CD of ''Die Walküre'' opposite Jessye Norman as Sieglinde with James Levine conducting. Other roles he has sung at the Met include Don José in Bizet's ''Carmen'', Samson in Saint-Saëns' ''Samson et Dalila'', the Emperor in Strauss' ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'', Erik in Wagner's ''Der fliegende Holländer'', Grigory in Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov'', Florestan in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', the title role in Wagner's ''Parsifal'', Laca in Janáček's ''Jenůfa'', Aeneas in Berlioz' ''Les Troyens'' and Jimmy Mahoney in Weill's ''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny''.Other Wagner roles he has sung at various opera houses include Tristan in ''Tristan und Isolde'', Siegfried in ''Götterdämmerung'' and the title roles in ''Tannhäuser'' and ''Lohengrin''. Other roles have included Admete in Gluck's ''Alceste'', Herod in Strauss' ''Salome'', the title role in Berlioz' La damnation de Faust and concert performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Gustav Mahler's ''Lied von der Erde''. Besides Siegmund, he has recorded the roles of Bacchus in Strauss' ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' and Aeneas in ''Les Troyens'', and also albums of Irish songs and ballads (in English). He appeared on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on January 14, 1993.
Lakes is a fellow of the Music Academy of the West, where he attended in 1977. Provided by Wikipedia
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Chiaroscuro by Druckman, Jacob, 1928-
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Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
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Les Troyens by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
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Die Walküre by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
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Glagolitic Mass Sinfonietta by Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928
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Ariadne auf Naxos op. 60 by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
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Ariadne auf Naxos : op. 60 by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
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Die Walküre
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Gurre-Lieder by Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951
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Die Walküre
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Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
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Oberon by Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
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Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
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