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American barihunk Ed Parks, who was the highest ranking baritone at the recent Operalia competition, was recently featured in the Indiana Gazette. Here is the article:
Baritone Parks puts on world class performance by CHAUNCEY ROSS
For Ed Parks, the day he was invited to the prestigious
Operalia singing competition in London is more memorable than the day he
pocketed a $10,000 prize in the contest.
Parks, the Indiana-raised opera singer, with the
Metropolitan Opera of New York and Carnegie Hall on his credit list,
took third place in the international competition held last weekend in
London.
A renowned baritone, Parks was the top American in the 23rd annual Operalia, a program founded by Plácido Domingo.
Two tenors, Ioan Hotea, of Romania, and Darren Pene Pati, of
New Zealand, placed first and second in the men’s division, making
Parks, in the eyes of many, the best baritone.
In. The. World.
Parks would be the first to put some perspective on that thinking.
“It’s the best in the world under (age) 32. And there’s a
lot that goes into it,” Parks said. “And there are a lot of singers that
probably couldn’t even audition because of having summer programs or
summer festival work.
“But of the singers that I heard — and I didn’t hear everybody through all the rounds — these are very high-quality singers.”
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