Background
Stone, William Frazier was born on March 12, 1944 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States.
Stone, William Frazier was born on March 12, 1944 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States.
Bachelor, Duke University, 1966. Master of Music, University Illinois, 1968. Doctor of Music, University Illinois, 1979.
Studies with Marguerite Wildenhain and Dean Schwartz.
He is a graduate of Duke University (Bachelor, 1966) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Military Medal 1968, DMA 1979). He made his professional operatic debut in 1975 and his international debut in 1977. He was inducted as a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity on April 1, 2003.
William Stone is a Vocal Instructor at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Curtis Institute of Music.
He was Professor of Voice and Opera at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, from September, 2005 through June, 2010. Lyric Opera of Chicago, world premiere of Paradise Lost, (Adam), 29 November 1978.
New York City Opera, Louisiana traviata (Giorgio Germont), October 1981. Seattle Opera, Don Carlos (Rodrigue), July 1993.
Metropolitan Opera, Roméo et Juliette (Capulet), 8 April 1998.
Married Bonnie Jean Brueggemann, August 28, 1965. Children: Brian William, Jenny Lane.