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Wagner’s Wotan Rising from Alabama | Birmingham News
From Alabama to Bayreuth, bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee is rewriting the Wagner playbook—debuting as Wotan in Die Walküre, already a force of nature, after years of doubters, including his own teacher who laughed him off for singing too light. Raised in a working-class family, he once hated opera but was changed forever by La Traviata. Now, Europe’s top houses are clamoring for him, while U.S. giants like Chicago and Met scramble to book him. With Bayreuth next and a bold plan to stretch into Puccini, Verdi, and even jolly Falstaff, Brownlee’s journey proves that passion, persistence, and a…
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