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Southern Methodist University.
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Michael Trimble
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He had an active international career singing leading roles with opera houses during the 1960s and 1970s. Several of his students have had successful international opera careers, including Metropolitan Opera star Tonio di Paolo and soprano Beverly Hoch. Trimble earned a bachelor"s degree in music from Southern Methodist University where he was a pupil of Mack Harrell.
In 1962 he made his professional debut at the Dallas Opera as Roderigo in Otello with Mario Delegate Monaco in the title role.
In 1964 he portrayed Edgardo in nationally broadcast production of Lucia di Lammermoor with the National Broadcasting Company Opera Theatre. He made his European debut soon after as Cavaradossi in Puccini"s Tosca with the Teatro Nuovo in Milan.
In the 1960s and early 1970s Trimble was highly active singing leading roles with several German, Austrian, and Swiss opera houses, including the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the Bern Theatre, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Opernund Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, and the Vienna Volksoper among others He made his debut with the Canadian Opera Company in 1971 as Pinkerton to Maria Pellegrini"s Cio-Cio-San under conductor Alfred Strombergs.
In 1974 he made his debut at the Opera Company of Boston as Toby Higgins in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny under conductor Sarah Caldwell.
