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Simon Estes
voc, *1938 US
Singer / Musician of Classical
Simon Estes (born March 2, 1938) is an operatic bass-baritone of African-American descent who had a major international opera career beginning in the 1960s. He has sung at most of the world's major opera houses as well as in front of presidents, popes and internationally renowned figures and celebrities including Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Boris Yeltsin, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Notably, he was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve widespread success and is viewed as part of a group of performers who were instrumental in helping to break down the barriers of racial prejudice in the opera world.
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You'll Never Walk Alone - From "Carousel" on Ol' Man River by Simon Estes, Hans-Peter Rauscher, Willie Anthony Waters, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Münchner Rundfunkorchester Carmen / Act 2: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" - "Toréador, en garde" on Bizet: Carmen by Georges Bizet, Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, Simon Estes, Mirella Freni, Choeurs de Radio France, Orchestre National De France & Seiji Ozawa Messa da Requiem: 1. Requiem on Carlo Maria Giulini: Great Recordings by Carlo Maria Giulini Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": 4. Presto - "O Freunde nicht diese Töne" - on Beethoven: Symphony No.9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Julia Varady, Jard van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes, Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini & Ernst Senff Chor Oedipus Rex - Opera-Oratorio in 2 Acts: Act I: "Respondit deus" on Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Stravinsky by Igor Stravinsky & Esa-Pekka Salonen Requiem, Op. 48: 2. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe on Fauré: Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, Lucia Popp, Simon Estes, MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden & Sir Colin Davis Messa da Requiem: 2. Rex tremendae on Carlo Maria Giulini: Great Recordings by Carlo Maria Giulini Ol' Man River - From "Showboat" on Ol' Man River by Simon Estes, Hans-Peter Rauscher, Willie Anthony Waters, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Münchner Rundfunkorchester Messa da Requiem: 2. Tuba mirum on Carlo Maria Giulini: Great Recordings by Carlo Maria Giulini Requiem, Op. 48: 6. Libera me on Fauré: Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, Lucia Popp, Simon Estes, MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden & Sir Colin DavisTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roméo Et Juliette • Les Nuits D'Été | Hector Berlioz - Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes, Janet Baker, Riccardo Muti, Sir John Barbirolli | 2008 | Compil. |
| Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, Hanns-Martin Schneidt, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Sharon Sweet, Jard Van Nes, Francisco Araiza, Simon Estes, Münchener Bach-Chor, Frankfurter Singakademie | 2001 | Album |
| International Tchaikovsky Competition, Vol. 3 • Tchaikovsky Competition - The Great Vocalists | Jane Marsh, Simon Estes, Elena Obraztsova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Peter Dvorský, Dolora Zajick, Nina Rautio | 1998 | Album |
| Beatrice Cenci | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 1995 | Album |
| He Wrote The Book | John Brack With Simon Estes | 1995 | Album |
| Atlántida | Manuel De Falla, Ernesto Halffter - Simon Estes, María Bayo, Teresa Berganza, Joven Orquesta Nacional de España, Edmon Colomer | 1993 | Album |
| Oedipus Rex | Igor Stravinsky ‧ Vinson Cole ‧ Simon Estes ‧ Hans Sotin ‧ Nicolai Gedda ‧ Patrice Chéreau, Radiokören ‧ Eric Ericsons Kammarkör ‧ Orphei Drängar, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen | 1992 | Album |
| King A Musical Testimony | Simon Estes, Cynthia Haymon | 1990 | Album |
| Symphony No. 8 | Gustav Mahler - Sharon Sweet, Pamela Coburn, Florence Quivar, Brigitte Fassbaender, Richard Leech, Siegmund Nimsgern, Simon Estes, Wiener Staatsopernchor, ORF-Chor, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel | 1990 | Album |
| Der Messias (Querschnitt) | Georg Friedrich Händel • Margaret Price • Hanna Schwarz • Stuart Burrows Und Simon Estes | 1990 | Compil. |
| Requiem | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Lynne Dawson, Jard Van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes | 1990 | Album |
| Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Maria Giulini, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sharon Sweet, Florence Quivar, Vinson Cole, Simon Estes, Ernst Senff Chor Berlin | 1989 | Album |
| Simon Estes in Opernszenen von Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner - Simon Estes, Staatskapelle Berlin, Heinz Fricke | 1989 | Album |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet - Jessye Norman, Mirella Freni, Neil Shicoff, Simon Estes, Orchestre National De France, Chœur de Radio France Et Maîtrise De Radio France, Seiji Ozawa | 1989 | Album |
| Carmen (Highlights · Grosser Querschnitt · Extraits) | Georges Bizet : Jessye Norman · Mirella Freni · Neil Shicoff · Simon Estes · Orchestre National De France · Seiji Ozawa | 1989 | Compil. |
| Verdi - Arias | Giuseppe Verdi Verdi Simon Estes, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Gaetano Delogu, Rowland Sidwell | 1988 | Compil. |
| Symphony No.9 «Choral» | Ludwig van Beethoven ・ Helen Donath ・ Trudeliese Schmidt ・ Klaus König ・ Simon Estes ・ Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis | 1986 | Album |
| Romeo Et Juliette | Hector Berlioz, Riccardo Muti, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes | 1986 | Album |
| Don Carlos | Giuseppe Verdi, Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Simon Estes, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Shirley Verrett, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Carlo Maria Giulini | 1985 | Album |
| Porgy And Bess (Highlights • Querschnitt) | George Gershwin, Simon Estes, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Leonard Slatkin | 1985 | Album |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel / Margaret Price · Hanna Schwarz · Stuart Burrows · Simon Estes / Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis | 1985 | Album |
| Requiem | Gabriel Fauré, Lucia Popp, Simon Estes, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis | 1985 | Album |
| Spirituals | Simon Estes | 1985 | Album |
| Untitled | Richard Wagner - Simon Estes, Staatskapelle Berlin, Heinz Fricke | 1984 | Album |
| Pulcinella (Complete Ballet For Voices & Small Orchestra), Concertino (For 12 Instruments) | Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, Ann Murray, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Estes | 1982 | Album |
| Pulcinella (Ballet Avec Voix & Petit Orchestre) 1919 - Concertino Pour Douze Instruments 1952 - Stravinsky | Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Ann Murray, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Estes | 1982 | Album |
| Symphonie No 8 | Gustav Mahler, Faye Robinson, Margaret Marshall, Hildegard Heichele, Ortrun Wenkel, Hildegard Laurich, Mallory Walker, Richard Stilwell, Simon Estes, Frankfurter Opern- Und Museumsorchester, Michael Gielen | 1981 | Album |
| Idomeneo | Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Werner Hollweg, Trudeliese Schmidt, Rachel Yakar, Felicity Palmer, Kurt Equiluz, Robert Tear, Simon Estes, Mozartorchester Des Opernhauses Zürich & Chor der Oper Zürich, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1980 | Album |
| Messa Di Requiem | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti, Katia Ricciarelli, Veriano Luchetti, Florence Quivar, Simon Estes, Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia | 1980 | Album |
| Lord Nelson Mass (No. 9 In D Minor) | Joseph Haydn - Leonard Bernstein · The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Judith Blegen, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Kenneth Riegel, Simon Estes ~ Westminster Symphonic Choir : Joseph Flummerfelt | 1978 | Album |
| Harmoniemesse | Leonard Bernstein Conducts Joseph Haydn, Westminster Symphonic Choir, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Judith Blegen, Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, Simon Estes | 1975 | Album |
| Don Carlos | Giuseppe Verdi - Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Simon Estes, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Shirley Verrett, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Carlo Maria Giulini | 1971 | Album |
| 3-Й Международный Конкурс Им. Чайковского, Вокалисты | Эвелина Стоицева, Константин Лисовский, Мария Биешу, Вероника Тайлер, Simon Estes | Compil. |
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