Herbert Witherspoon
| Herbert Witherspoon | |
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Witherspoon circa 1915
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| General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera | |
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In office 1935–1935 |
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| Preceded by | Giulio Gatti-Casazza |
| Succeeded by | Edward Patrick Johnson |
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July 21, 1873 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | May 10, 1935 (aged 61) Manhattan, New York City |
| Spouse(s) | Greta Hughes (divorced) Florence Hinkle (m. 1916; her death 1933) Blanche Sternberg Skeath (m. 1933; his death 1935) |
| Education | Yale University |
Herbert Witherspoon (July 21, 1873 – May 10, 1935) was an American bass singer and opera manager.
He was born on July 21, 1873 in Buffalo, New York.
He graduated from Yale University in 1895 where he had performed as a member of the Yale Glee Club. After leaving school he studied music with Horatio Parker, Edward MacDowell, and Gustav Stoeckel. Witherspoon also studied singing with Walter Henry Hall and Max Treumann in New York City. For further study he traveled to Europe. He worked in Paris with Jean-Baptiste Faure and Jacques Bouhy and in Milan with Francesco Lamperti and also studied in London and Berlin.
Witherspoon made his singing debut in 1898 with a small company in New York, and soon was making many appearances in concert and in oratorios. On November 26, 1908, he made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Titurel in Richard Wagner's Parsifal. He remained with the company until his retirement from singing in 1914, at which point he chose to concentrate on teaching. Witherspoon made many recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1907 and 1917.
On June 20, 1916 in Manhattan he married Florence Hinkle as his second wife.
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