Blake Stern Explained

Blake Stern (June 25, 1917 – December 22, 1987) was an American tenor, best known as an oratorio singer, and a professor emeritus of music at Yale University, where he taught voice.

He was born in Logan, Iowa. A graduate of Grinnell College in 1940,[1] he was an intelligence officer in the US Navy during World War II. After the war, he enrolled at Juilliard Schoolin New York City before becoming a teacher at the Yale faculty for 32 years.[2] One of his pupils was tenor John Stewart. During his career he performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall and toured the world.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographical Sketch. Yale University. 23 November 2011. 13 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213231259/http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedora/get/music:misc.0307/PDF. dead.
  2. Web site: Blake Stern, Singer and Teacher, 70. The New York Times. 24 December 2011. 23 November 2011.