Claude Heater (born October 25, 1927) is an American opera singer. He began his career on Broadway as a baritone in NYC in 1950. After a year in ‘Top Banana’ with two opera roles sung successfully at the Amato Opera, NYC he decided to focus on opera and left to study as a baritone in Italy. This led to a tour of Spain with an Italian opera company and eventually with opera houses in Europe ending his baritone career after 3 yrs at the Vienna State Opera and the San Francisco Opera in California from 1953 to 1961. He retrained his voice as a tenor, and from 1963 had great success in the Dramatic/Wagnerian tenor repertoire at major theatres internationally.[1] After retiring from the stage in the 1970s, he devoted his time to develop dramatic voices. He is also known for portraying the role
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