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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Tenor Russell Thomas champions the need for more diversity in opera world

chicago.suntimes.com: Tenor Russell Thomas believes in the power of music.

After all, music — specifically opera — changed the course of his life.

“I started singing in church as a kid. Grandma was a preacher and I was in the church choir, so I traveled with her and sang all the time,” Thomas recounts, with a chuckle. “I had a very sweet voice — except in church. We went to a Southern Baptist/Pentecostal church. You had to get the point across.”

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