The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Simon Estes

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Simon Estes

2/6/2006

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2006.011

Opera singer Simon Estes (1938 - ) has performed all over the world, with all major international opera companies and in over one hundred roles. He was the first African American male artist to sing at the Bayreuth Festival. Estes was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 2/6/2006, in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 02m 43s

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Estes, Simon

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Renowned opera singer and educator Simon Estes was born on March 2, 1938, in Centerville, Iowa. Estes is the youngest of three siblings. Raised in a spiritually-centered family, Estes sang in his church choir as a young boy and throughout his young educational years.Estes began his university career as a pre-med student in 1957 at the University of Iowa. In 1961, a voice teacher, Mr. Charles Kellis, heard Estes sing in one of the university choirs. Kellis introduced Estes to several classical re...