Todd Duncan | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Robert Todd Duncan |
Born | Danville, Kentucky, United States | February 12, 1903
Died | February 28, 1998 Washington, D.C., United States | (aged 95)
Genres | opera |
Occupation(s) | opera singer, actor, professor |
Years active | 1933–1983 |
Robert Todd Duncan (February 12, 1903 – February 28, 1998) was an American baritone opera singer and actor. One of the first African-Americans to sing with a major opera company, Duncan is also noted for appearing as Porgy in the premier production of Porgy and Bess (1935).[1]