William Dooley
William Dooley (September 9, 1932 – July 2, 2019 in Modesto, California) is an American operatic bass-baritone who has sung with many of the world's greatest opera companies. He began his career in Germany in the late 1950s, ultimately becoming a leading performer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1962 to 1964. He then embarked on a highly successful career at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang regularly between 1964 and 1977. Between 1977 and 1982 he sang regularly at the Vienna State Opera, after which he remained active as a freelance artist on the international stage through the early 1990s.

Dooley possessed a rich, deep, and warm voice that had a considerable amount of dramatic power and a wide vocal range. In his prime singing years he particularly excelled within the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. Although primarily an exponent of German opera, his repertoire spanned a wide range of languages from French and Italian to Russian and even, in the case of the opera "Montezuma", Aztec, Spanish and Latin. He sang in numerous world premieres throughout his career, including Hans Werner Henze's "The Bassarids".
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Modesto, California
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opera
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bass-baritone
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Deutsche Oper Berlin
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Metropolitan Opera
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Vienna State Opera
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Richard Wagner
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Richard Strauss
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German opera
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Montezuma
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Aztec
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Latin
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Hans Werner Henze
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The Bassarids
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William Dooley
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September 9, 1932
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July 2, 2019
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1964
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1982
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1990
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