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Robert Weede

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Robert Weede (February 22, 1903 – July 9, 1972) was an American operatic baritone.
Robert Wiedefeld was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and had two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Wiedefeld. Weede studied voice at the Eastman School of Music and in Milan. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1937, as Tonio in Pagliacci. His other roles at the Metropolitan included the name part in Rigoletto (opposite Jussi Björling), Amonasro (Aïda), Manfredo (L'amore dei tre re), Shaklovity (Khovanshchina) and... more

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