William Harness

Originally a carpenter, he started his singing career in the early 1970s in San Francisco as a concert tenor. Soon, he appeared in opera, too (Seattle, Hartford, New York City Center Opera). In 1977, he sang his sole performance at the Met, as Tamino. In the following years, he sang opera in Miami, Fort Worth, Houston, New Orleans, Boston, Edmonton, Toronto, Hamburg. His most important roles were Tonio in La fille du régiment, Belmonte, Ferrando, Tamino, Almaviva, Elvino, Duca, Rodolfo, Pinkerton, Rinuccio, and Gounod's Faust. In the 1980s, he went back to oratorio singing primarily.

Reference 1: Kutsch & Riemens; reference 2