Theo Lebow
American operatic tenor
Theo Lebow (born 1986) is an American operatic tenor, based at the Oper Frankfurt. He has performed leading roles in the United States and Europe, including world premieres such as Gordon's 27 and Herrmann's Der Mieter.
Career
Lebow was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Sierra Madre, where his father was a freelance cellist who played in the local opera orchestra and for Hollywood films. As a boy, he learned piano and clarinet, and sang in a church choir. He performed in the children's choir of the opera, including as a soloist a Boy in Mozart's The Magic Flute. He studied voice at the Mannes School of Music in New York City.
Lebow took part in operas studios in Seattle, San Francisco and the Santa Fe Opera. He appeared as Pablo Picasso and F. Scott Fitzgerald in the world premiere of Gordon's 27 at the St. Louis Opera in 2014, recorded on CD. He performed as Mr. Porcupine in Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr.
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