CLAY THOMPSON
Clay Thompson
BASS
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AWARDED the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant by the Shoshana Foundation.
Established by the Will of Richard F. Gold, The Shoshana Foundation Inc. carries out Richard's dream of assisting young, gifted American singers with their career development.
THE WASHINGTON POST
"Thompson specializes at mining a sinister undercurrent in his voice, his lows smoldering like magma"
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Mephistopheles - Faust
Wolf Trap
THE DAILY PRESS - Norfolk, Va
"...Knock-out bass Wm. Clay Thompson, forever natty in his three-piece suits... is a particularly gifted physical comedian, forever fiddling upstage (out of his charges' view) - removing lint from his suit, stifling a laugh, brushing his hair and even rifling through a purse.
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Don Alfonso - Così fan tutte
Virginia Opera
OPERA NEWS
"Mahogany-timbred bass Wm. Clay Thompson was an imposing presence as the oafish, lying Poacher."
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Harasta - The Cunning Little Vixen
The Glimmerglass Festival