Paul Ukena (August , , Lakota, Iowa - March , , Mount Vernon, New
York) was an American operatic baritone who had an active career
during the s through the s.In the early part of his career, in
November he was the baritone soloist in the American premiere of
Frederick Delius's Requiem. Although the work was completed in , this
was only its third performance (the first two, in London and
Frankfurt, had occurred as far back as ).He was one of the founding
members of the NBC Opera Theatre, a company he performed with
throughout the s in such productions as Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd
and the world premiere of Norman Dello Joio's The Trial at Rouen.He
also enjoyed a lengthy association with the New York City Opera (NYCO)
from to . At the NYCO he notably appeared in a number of world
premieres including Robert Ward's The Crucible, Hugo Weisgall's Six
Characters in Search of an Author and Josef Tal's Ashmedai among
others. He also appeared in the Broadway musical Maggie, the
Broadway musical Sandhog, and the Broadway musical Cry for Us All. He
played Fantômas in the original Off-Broadway production of the
Stanley Silverman/Richard Foreman production of Hotel for Criminals.
York) was an American operatic baritone who had an active career
during the s through the s.In the early part of his career, in
November he was the baritone soloist in the American premiere of
Frederick Delius's Requiem. Although the work was completed in , this
was only its third performance (the first two, in London and
Frankfurt, had occurred as far back as ).He was one of the founding
members of the NBC Opera Theatre, a company he performed with
throughout the s in such productions as Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd
and the world premiere of Norman Dello Joio's The Trial at Rouen.He
also enjoyed a lengthy association with the New York City Opera (NYCO)
from to . At the NYCO he notably appeared in a number of world
premieres including Robert Ward's The Crucible, Hugo Weisgall's Six
Characters in Search of an Author and Josef Tal's Ashmedai among
others. He also appeared in the Broadway musical Maggie, the
Broadway musical Sandhog, and the Broadway musical Cry for Us All. He
played Fantômas in the original Off-Broadway production of the
Stanley Silverman/Richard Foreman production of Hotel for Criminals.
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