Stephen Totter is an American opera

Opera

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tic baritone

Baritone

Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...

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He is known for his formidable stage presence combined with excellent diction and interpretation. Born on May 3, 1963, Totter performed the title role in the premier recording of Leonardo Balada

Leonardo Balada

Leonardo Balada , is a Catalan American composer, now teaching and composing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.-Life:...

's Torquemada for baritone soloist, choir

Choir

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 and orchestra

Orchestra

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. Totter's other roles include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte

Così fan tutte

Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....

, and Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Totter is also known as an avid recitalist giving performances throughout the country and also as an orchestral soloist. He is currently an artist-lecturer in voice at Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

http://www.cmu.edu/esg-cat/pdf/CFA/music.pdf#search=%22%22Stephen%20Totter%22%20%22. Stephen has a sports connection as he is related to former major league relief pitcher Mike Fetters. They are first cousins