Speaker Information

Music 2010

William McDonald

Currently a resident of Sarasota, Bill McDonald has sung leading operatic roles with Beverly Sills, Patricia Brooks and Norman Treigle at New York City Opera, the Wexford Festival, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. He has been a featured soloist with major orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony and Houston Symphony. He sang the male lead opposite Beverly Sills in the Peabody Award winning television production of Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment. It is now available on DVD on the V.A.I. label.

A brilliant raconteur, he was a sought-after voice teacher on the faculty of the Brevard, North Carolina Music Center for 23 years and has taught voice at Indiana University, USF and Illinois State University. In other words, he knows the ins and outs of a career in voice, from the high "c’s" on stage to the pitfalls and hilarity in the wings. His recorded audio and video performances will leave you gasping with wonder and delight, as you discover just what it takes to make an international career as an opera singer.