George Rasely ( â€" January , Lawrence, Kansas) was an American tenor
who had an active career in operas, concerts, and musicals during the
first half of the th century. He was also a frequent performer on
American radio during the s through the s. He won the National Music
League singing competition in and the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation
vocal competition in .Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Rasely made his
Broadway debut in as Nur-Al-Huda in Frederic Norton's Chu Chin Chow.
He was a part of The Greenwich Village Follies between -. He returned
to Broadway again in to portray Mr. Scratch in The Devil and Daniel
Webster. His other Broadway credits include La Vie parisienne (),
Helen Goes to Troy (), and Hollywood Pinafore (). In he was committed
to the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company where he notably portrayed the
role of Schweiker von Gundelfingen in the United States premiere of
Richard Strauss's Feuersnot on December at Philadelphia's
Metropolitan Opera House under the baton of Alexander Smallens.In
Rasely joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City,
making his debut with the company as Vasek in Bedřich Smetana's The
Bartered Bride on May , with Muriel Dickson as Marenka, Mario Chamlee
as JenÃk, and Wilfred Pelletier conducting. He remained at the Met
for the next year, notably creating the role of Harman Blennerhassett
in the world premiere of Walter Damrosch's The Man Without a Country
on May , and portraying Gherardi in the United States premiere of
Richard Hageman's Caponsacchi on February , . His other roles at the
Met included Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Fellah in Mârouf,
Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Nathanael in The Tales of Hoffman,
Paolino in Il matrimonio segreto, and the Poet in Louise among others.
His final performance at the Met was on March , as Bardolfo in
Falstaff with Leonard Warren in the title role.
who had an active career in operas, concerts, and musicals during the
first half of the th century. He was also a frequent performer on
American radio during the s through the s. He won the National Music
League singing competition in and the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation
vocal competition in .Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Rasely made his
Broadway debut in as Nur-Al-Huda in Frederic Norton's Chu Chin Chow.
He was a part of The Greenwich Village Follies between -. He returned
to Broadway again in to portray Mr. Scratch in The Devil and Daniel
Webster. His other Broadway credits include La Vie parisienne (),
Helen Goes to Troy (), and Hollywood Pinafore (). In he was committed
to the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company where he notably portrayed the
role of Schweiker von Gundelfingen in the United States premiere of
Richard Strauss's Feuersnot on December at Philadelphia's
Metropolitan Opera House under the baton of Alexander Smallens.In
Rasely joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City,
making his debut with the company as Vasek in Bedřich Smetana's The
Bartered Bride on May , with Muriel Dickson as Marenka, Mario Chamlee
as JenÃk, and Wilfred Pelletier conducting. He remained at the Met
for the next year, notably creating the role of Harman Blennerhassett
in the world premiere of Walter Damrosch's The Man Without a Country
on May , and portraying Gherardi in the United States premiere of
Richard Hageman's Caponsacchi on February , . His other roles at the
Met included Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Fellah in Mârouf,
Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Nathanael in The Tales of Hoffman,
Paolino in Il matrimonio segreto, and the Poet in Louise among others.
His final performance at the Met was on March , as Bardolfo in
Falstaff with Leonard Warren in the title role.
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