Richard Wentworth (born Richard Holtzclaw; â€") was an American
operatic bass-baritone and musical theatre actor. In he joined
Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Opera Company with which he portrayed some
roles through . He made his Broadway debut in at the Alvin Theatre as
Dr. Bartolo in Once Over Lightly, an adaptation of Gioacchino
Rossini's The Barber of Seville. He returned to Broadway in to
portray The Butcher Boy in the short lived David Raksin musical If the
Shoe Fits. Wentworth also occasionally appeared in musicals on the
American theatre circuit during the s and s.In Wentworth was invited
to become a member of the New York City Opera by Laszlo Halasz. He
remained committed to the company through where he mainly portrayed
basso buffo and comprimario roles, although he occasionally got to
appear in a leading part. While there he notably created roles in the
world premieres of William Grant Still's Troubled Island () and David
Tamkin's The Dybbuk (). Wentworth also appeared as a guest artist with
other opera companies in the United States and Canada during his
career.
operatic bass-baritone and musical theatre actor. In he joined
Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Opera Company with which he portrayed some
roles through . He made his Broadway debut in at the Alvin Theatre as
Dr. Bartolo in Once Over Lightly, an adaptation of Gioacchino
Rossini's The Barber of Seville. He returned to Broadway in to
portray The Butcher Boy in the short lived David Raksin musical If the
Shoe Fits. Wentworth also occasionally appeared in musicals on the
American theatre circuit during the s and s.In Wentworth was invited
to become a member of the New York City Opera by Laszlo Halasz. He
remained committed to the company through where he mainly portrayed
basso buffo and comprimario roles, although he occasionally got to
appear in a leading part. While there he notably created roles in the
world premieres of William Grant Still's Troubled Island () and David
Tamkin's The Dybbuk (). Wentworth also appeared as a guest artist with
other opera companies in the United States and Canada during his
career.
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