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Cowan, Richard, 1957-2015

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Personal name headingCowan, Richard, 1957-2015
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Variant(s)Cowan, R. (Richard), 1957-2015
Birth date1957-12-24
Death date2015-11-16
Place of birthEuclid (Ohio)
Place of deathPittsburgh (Pa.)
Field of activityMusic--Performance
Profession or occupationBass-baritones
Found inPuccini, G. La Bohème [SR] p1988: label (R. Cowan) container (Richard Cowan) insert (baritone)
New Grove dict. of opera (Cowan, Richard; b. Dec. 24, 1957, Euclid, OH; American baritone)
Wikipedia, November 26, 2018 (Richard Cowan; born December 24, 1957, died November 16, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; American operatic bass-baritone; national finalist in 1985 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and winner of the Grand Prize in the 1987 Concours International de Chant de Paris, Cowan sang leading roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America and was the Artistic Director of the Lyrique en Mer opera festival in Belle Île, which he founded in 1998)