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Bruce Ford
Bruce Ford is an American operatic tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and the bel canto repertory. Ford was born in Lubbock, Texas, and studied at Texas Tech University, the University of Texas, and later as a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio in Houston, where he created Philip Glass's The Madrigal Opera in 1981. He left for Europe, where he made his official operatic debut in Wuppertal in 1983, as Belmonte and Tamino, then in Mannheim in 1985, as Ferrando and Don Ramiro. In 1985, he also appeareared at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux as Almaviva, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival, as Lindoro. He began specializing in the bel canto repertory notably Rossini, appearing at the Pesaro Festival and the Wexford Festival in roles such as Argirio in Tancredi, Uberto in La donna del lago, Rinaldo in Armida, Agorante in Ricciardo e Zoraide, Antenore in Zelmira, Erisso in Maometto II, Oreste and Pirro in Ermione, etc. In 1991, he sang in Mitridate, re di Ponto at the Royal Opera House in London. He also appeared at La Monnaie in Brussels, at La Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, etc. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Amore e innocenza
Bruce Ford, Jennifer Larmore, Antoine Palloc, and Giovanni Pacini
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Ricciardo e Zoraide: "Minacci pur" (Agorante, Zoraide, Chorus)
Bruce Ford
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Auber: Le Domino noir / Act 2: La belle Inès fait florès
Sumi Jo, Bruce Ford, Patrick Power, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, and Daniel Auber
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Rosmonda d'Inghilterra: "Giurasti un di ... rammentalo ..."
Bruce Ford
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Tre sonetti di Petrarca, No. 3: "I' vidi in terra angelici costumi"
Bruce Ford

Albums

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Mozart: Idomeneo

2004
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Rossini: Three Tenors

2021
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Rossini: Zelmira

2019
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Auber: Le Domino noir; Gustave III Ballet Music

1995
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Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra

2019
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Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide

2019
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville

1995
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Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra

2019
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Bruce Ford: Serious Rossini

2021
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Rossini: Otello

2019

Videos

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Gioachino Rossini - Armida (1817) - Cavatina for Gernardo - "Non soffriro l'offesa" (Bruce Ford)

LindoroRossini • 14K views
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G. Rossini "Les Soirées Musicales" La serenata.wmv

gunia61 • 1K views
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Giacomo Meyerbeer - La stella del Nord - Aria di Pietro - Disperso il crin

KuhlauDilfeng3 • 1.1K views
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Gaetano Donizetti - Alfredo il Grande - "Non m'ingannai" (Bruce Ford)

LindoroRossini • 9.7K views
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Gaetano Donizetti - Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth - "Freme! ondeggia irresoluto" (Majella Cullagh, William Matteuzzi, Bruce Ford & Elisabetta Scano)

LindoroRossini • 5K views