Howard Haskin
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
Born in Kansas City approximately 1958, he studied singing in Bloomington and at the opera studio of
the Zürich theater (1978/79). He started his career at the festivals of Orange (1981, Monostatos) and Wexford (1982 and
1983). The next few years, he sang in England (Kent Opera, Opera North Leeds, Buxton and Glyndebourne festivals) and in the
dramatic repertory (Radames, Don José, Peter Grimes). In 1987, he sang Dmitrij in Amsterdam (he was to come
back to Amsterdam several times); in 1989, he sang a small role in Meistersinger at the Paris Opéra. In 1992, he
appeared at Covent Garden for the first time, in 1997 at the festival in Bregenz. According to his own website, he was the
first black tenor ever to sing Otello (Nice, 1995). He also sang a lot of contemporary opera, and
a lot of concerts (particularly The dream of Gerontius, Das Lied von der Erde, Verdi's and Mozart's Requiems). After 2008,
he performed only very irregularly.
Reference 1: Kutsch & Riemens, reference 2: Haskin's website
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I would like to thank Georges Cardol for the recordings (Otello).
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