Roosevelt Credit
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Roosevelt André Credit is a professional singer, actor, conductor and music educator who has appeared in Broadway productions including Show Boat and Porgy and Bess.
Early life[]
A native of Oakland, California, Credit attended Oregon State University, graduating with a degree in Music Education in 1990. Following that, Credit earned a Master of Music in Voice and Opera Performance, and a Master of Music in Conducting from Northwestern University.
Career[]
A bass/baritone singer, Credit has performed in numerous venues including the Chicago Opera Theatre, the Birmingham Opera, and the New York Contemporary Opera.[1] He made his Broadway debut at the Gershwin Theatre in 1994 when he appeared as a stevedore/member of the ensemble in Show Boat.[2] In 2009, he was a featured performer at Barack Obama's Pennsylvania Inaugural Ball[3] and, in 2012, he was cast in the role of A Fisherman in a production of Porgy and Bess[2] mounted at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. His vocals also appear in two songs used in the soundtrack to the movie 12 Years a Slave -- "My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)," and "O Teach Me Lord."[4]
References[]
- ^ "Roosevelt". rooseveltcredit.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ a b "Person List". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ Entertainer, Sarah Payne, The. "From OSU to Broadway". Corvallis Gazette Times. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ 12 Years a Slave (2013), retrieved 2019-02-08
External links[]
- Living people
- Musicians from Oakland, California
- Oregon State University alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- American basses
- American baritones
- American male musical theatre actors