George Humphrey (2007)

George Humphrey (2007), tenor, is represented by Pamela Curzon in New York, and currently lives in Munich. In 2011, George Humphrey made his debut at Bayersiche Staatsoper, Munich, in a new opera by Benjamin Fleischman called Rothman's Violin. Click here to learn more about the debut. He has recently sung Don Jose in Carmen for Dachau Opera and Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra and the Lyrisches Opern Ensemble in Dachau. He performed the role of Siegmund in Die Walküre for Hawaii Opera Theater and Lohengrin in the eponymous opera for Frankfurt am Main opera in 2010. He won second place in the Barry Alexander International Voice Competition in 2007, and was a finalist in both the Liederkranz and the Joy of Singing competitions in New York City the same year.

"The pupil must read the words of the piece again and again till each finest shadow of meaning has been mastered. He must next recite them with perfect simplicity and self-abandonment. The accent of truth apparent in the voice when speaking naturally is the basis of expression in singing. Light and shade, accent, sentiment, all become eloquent and persuasive. The imitation of instinctive impulse must, therefore, be the object of this special preparation."

-Manuel Garcia, Hints on Singing