Gary Lakes
Born: 26th September 1950, Woodward, Oklahoma
Died: 11th November 2025, Pittsburgh
Nationality: American
Gary Lakes was an American heldentenor.
Lakes was born in Woodward, Oklahoma, and raised in Irving, Texas. He made his professional debut with the Seattle Opera in the role of Froh in 1981 in Wagner's Das Rheingold, after attending Southern Methodist University where he studied with Thomas Hayward. He was a high school football defensive tackle, but switched his career aspirations to singing after a cracked vertebra derailed any hope for a football career. He debuted with the Metropolitan Opera on February 4, 1986 as the High Priest in Mozart's Idomeneo and soon after sang the role of Walther in Wagner's Tannhäuser.
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Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Edda Moser (soprano), Catherine Pierard (soprano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Delia Wallis (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Beverley Sills (soprano), José Cura (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Boris Christoff (bass), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Alain Vanzo (tenor), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Régine Crespin (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano), Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Anja Silja (soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Éva Marton (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Walter Berry (baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Gabriella Tucci (soprano), James McCracken (tenor), Justino Díaz (baritone), Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Janine Micheau (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Jules Bastin (bass), Jane Rhodes (mezzo-soprano), Denise Monteil (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Monique Linval (soprano), Gérard Souzay (baritone), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), James Morris (bass-baritone), Waltraud Meier (soprano), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Carol Vaness (soprano), Claudio Desderi (bass), Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Bruno Lazzaretti (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass), Henry Newman (baritone), Richard van Allan (bass), Roderick Kennedy (bass), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Suso Mariategui (tenor), Daniella Dessì, Daniela Dessì (soprano), Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor), Lucio Gallo (baritone), Michele Pertusi (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone), Henri Legay (tenor), June Anderson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Gino Quilico (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Gary Lakes (tenor), Birgitta Svendén (mezzo-soprano), Emily Magee (soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Robert Holl (bass-baritone), Peter Haage (tenor), English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, London Classical Players, Schütz Choir of London, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Choeurs du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Choeur de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Staatsopernorchester Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester des Münchner Rundfunks, L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion Française, Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, München, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeurs de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Orchestre de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Kölner Philharmoniker, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Roger Norrington, Karl Böhm, James Levine, Carlo Maria Giulini, Tullio Serafin, Zubin Mehta, Aldo Ceccato, Sir John Barbirolli, Thomas Schippers, Bruno Bartoletti, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Muti, Nello Santi, André Cluytens, Alain Lombard, Michel Plasson, Georges Prêtre, Sir Thomas Beecham, Franz Konwitschny, Otto Klemperer, Rudolf Kempe, Jeffrey Tate, Lamberto Gardelli, Alceo Galliera, Julius Rudel, Lorin Maazel, Sir Charles Mackerras, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Gabriele Santini, Roger Boutry, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Jean-Pierre Marty, Peter Schneider, Rafael Kubelik, Nicola Rescigno, Sarah Caldwell, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Paavo Järvi, Thomas Fulton, Sylvain Cambreling, Jacques Delacôte, James Conlon
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Magnard: Guercœur
José van Dam (Guercoeur), Gary Lakes (Heurtal), Nadine Denize (Giselle), Hildegard Behrens (Truth), Anne Salvan (Goodness), Michele Lagrange (Beauty), Nathalie Stutzmann (Suffering), Hélène Jossoud (Shade of a Woman), Isabelle Manent (Shade of a Virgin) & Jean-Luc Viala (Shade of a Poet) Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse & Orfeón Donostiarra, Michel Plasson
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Der Komponist), Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta), Gary Lakes (Bacchus), Hermann Prey (Musiklehrer), Urban Malmberg (Harlekin), Barbara Bonney (Najade), Helga Müller-Molinari (Dryade), Dawn Upshaw (Echo), Kurt Rydl (Truffaldin), Otto Schenk (Haushofmeister) Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Die Walkure (highlights)
Hildegard Behrens (Brunnhilde), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), James Morris (Wotan), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
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