| Clockwise from top |
left: Mario |
Cavaradossi |
| in |
Tosca |
(with |
Caroline |
Whisnat); |
Hoffman |
in |
| Les Contes |
d'Hoffman; |
Pinkerton |
in |
Madama |
| Butterfly; |
Don |
Jose |
in |
Carmen |
(with |
| Katharine |
Goeldner); |
Manrico |
in |
Il |
Trovatore; |
| the |
title |
role |
of |
Otello; |
Dick |
Johnson |
| (Ramerrez) |
in |
La |
Fanciulla |
del |
West; |
Luigi |
in |
| Il |
Tabarro |
(with |
Marquita |
Lister); |
MacDuff |
in |
| MacBeth; |
Canio |
in |
Pagliacci; |
Chevalier |
des |
| Grieux |
in |
Manon |
Lescaut |
(with |
Melanie |
Denzlinger); and Radames in Aida. |
| The |
great |
basso |
Jerome |
Hines |
was |
Mr. |
Slatton's |
primary |
| vocal |
teacher |
who |
polished |
and |
solidified |
all |
of |
his |
techniques. |
Check out Mr. Hines amazing book on singing and Mr. Slatton's book on the historical Jesus: |