William McAlpine (tenor), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam McAlpine (tenor)
British tenor
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Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1922
Date of Death: 02-Feb-2004
Profession: opera singer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About William McAlpine (tenor)
- William McAlpine (3 December 1922 – 2 February 2004) was a leading British tenor during the 1950s and 60s.
- He created roles in two operas by Benjamin Britten— A Novice in Billy Budd and The Spirit of the Masque in Gloriana.
- He also sang Andres in the UK premiere of Berg's Wozzeck. McAlpine was born in Stenhousemuir, Scotland and initially worked as bricklayer before studying at the Guildhall School of Music.
- He made his stage debut in 1951 as the third Jew in a revival of Richard Strauss's Salome at the Royal Opera House, and went on to sing several there and at the Sadlers Wells company, which he joined in 1956 as a principal tenor.
- He later sang with the Scottish Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera as well as in Berlin, Prague, and Paris.
- After his retirement from the stage, he taught singing at the Guildhall School of Music.
- He died in Surrey at the age of 81 following a heart attack after one of his teaching sessions at Guildhall.
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