Dennis McNeil

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Dennis McNeil (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American operatic tenor, musical theater performer and concert singer.

McNeil was a 1993 National Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.^[1] He sang several leading roles with New York City Opera, including "Mark" in the New York City stage premiere of Michael Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage for which he received the Richard F. Gold Career Award.^[2]

He has performed with many of the major opera companies in the U.S. apart from New York City Opera, including the New York Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, New Orleans Opera, and Los Angeles Opera. On the musical theater stage he has sung the role of "Mr. Snow" in Carousel more than 140 times in four productions. He also sang "Nikos" in the musical Zorba with John Raitt in the title role.^[3]. He frequently sings the American National Anthem at the games for Los Angeles teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers. He sang at both the funeral and Dodger Stadium Memorial for the well-known Los Angeles Times sportswriter, Jim Murray.^[4]

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^ Alex Ross, Review:National Council Winners Concert Metropolitan Opera House, New York Times, April 20, 1993. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
^ Shoshana Foundation List of Richard F. Gold Career Award winners. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
^ Mark Chalon Smith, 'Kinks Aside, Raitt's Zorba Worth Gushing Over', Los Angeles Times, May 23, 1990, p. F2.
^ Eric Malinic, 'Jim Murray: 1919-1998; Farewell to a Friend; Funeral: Jim Murray is remembered as a great writer and person at Brentwood Mass.', Los Angeles Times August 22, 1998, p. S1.