Famed bass-baritone signs off at 84

Famed bass-baritone signs off at 84

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norman lebrecht

June 17, 2022

The splendid Simon Estes will leave the stage for the last time next month with a Porgy and Bess at Des Moines Metro Opera, in Iowa.

But he won’t be singing Porgy. Just the lawyer Frazier.

And he will continue teaching as a professor at Iowa State University and Des Moines Area Community College.

What’s 84 these days? Ask Domingo.

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