Lawrence Brownlee
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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Tenor Lawrence Brownlee is a growing presence at the Metropolitan Opera. This summer, he'll appear in new roles at the Caramoor Festival in Westchester: Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and Idreno in Rossini’s Semiramide. But the rise to fame for this African-American singer hasn’t always been easy, being met with entrenched prejudices in the field. He joins us to talk about his busy career.
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