About Douglas Ahlstedt
Douglas Ahlstedt was an American operatic tenor who had an international performance career with major opera houses from the 1970s through the 1990s. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera and of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, performing leading roles of the lyric tenore repertoire, and also many supporting roles. He was professor of voice at Carnegie Mellon University from 1998 until 2020. In 1973 Ahlstedt won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions which made him known. During his time there, he founded and directed the Steelers Opera Chorus, and he continued singing in concerts.
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