Little Sir William - Charles Fulton
CHARLES FULTON, singer of The Negro Spirituals, Chansons Creoles de la Nouvelle Orleans, and the songs of Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States of America, and was educated in Boston, New York, Paris, and in Munich. He studied voice with Olga Alverino, Jannie Micheau, and Hano Blaschka. He coached with Gloria Roberts in Munich. He began singing as a young boy in the church choir, and in the choir of Morristown College in Morristown, Tennessee. As a student at university he sang with the Christ Church Choir, Harvard University, and with the Yale University Russian Chorus. With this group, he toured Russia, Europe, and many of the colleges and universities in America. This early success gave him the confidence to make his solo debut at the University of Connecticut followed by a tour of America. He made his European debut in Munich. In America he has performed in Boston, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and at numerous universities and colleges. In Europe he has sung in all of its major cities including: Paris, Milan, Salzburg, Spoleto, Vienna, Berlin, Warsaw, Madrid, and Barcelona. He has also given concerts in Cadiz (Spain), Florence, Rome, Brussels, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Seville, Goteborg, Athens, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Venice, Trieste, Genova, Napels, San Sebastian, Grenada, Zaragoza, Zagreb, Belgrade, and in Amsterdam. Charles Fulton also toured many countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, performing in: Johannesburg, Abidjan, Douala, Yaounde, Kuwait City, Cairo, Alexandria, Accra, Algiers, Lagos, Rabat, Ankara, Casablanca, Istanbul, and in Tunis. He has also given concerts in Swaziland and Lesotho. His concert in Lesotho which took place under the auspices of the U.S. State Department was transmitted by the United Nations, and was attended by Her Royal Majesty Queen Mamohato Bereng Seeiso. Charles Fulton's music has been broadcast by the Vatican. Recitals have taken place in most of the great concert halls of Europe: the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Circolo della Stampa, Milan, Teatro della Opera, Trieste, Grand Sala del Conservatorio Guiseppe Verdi, Milan, the National Museum, Warsaw, Teatro Caio Melisso de Spoleto, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, Tivoli, Copenhagen, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Musikverein, Conservatory of Music, Crakow, etc. His opera debut took place in the Royal Opera House, Gent, Belgium in its production of "Porgy and Bess". His number of recitals averaged an impressive 150 per year in addition to radio and television appearances around the world. He toured Europe with the American Festival Theater (Rome), in its production of "Trumpets of the Lord". He performed a recital at the Fete de la Musique, Paris. Text: Lynn George, London
CHARLES FULTON, singer of The Negro Spirituals, Chansons Creoles de la Nouvelle Orleans, and the songs of Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States of America, and was educated in Boston, New York, Paris, and in Munich. He studied voice with Olga Alverino, Jannie Micheau, and Hano Blaschka. He coached with Gloria Roberts in Munich. He began singing as a young boy in the church choir, and in the choir of Morristown College in Morristown, Tennessee. As a student at university he sang with the Christ Church Choir, Harvard University, and with the Yale University Russian Chorus. With this group, he toured Russia, Europe, and many of the colleges and universities in America. This early success gave him the confidence to make his solo debut at the University of Connecticut followed by a tour of America. He made his European debut in Munich. In America he has performed in Boston, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and at numerous universities and colleges. In Europe he has sung in all of its major cities including: Paris, Milan, Salzburg, Spoleto, Vienna, Berlin, Warsaw, Madrid, and Barcelona. He has also given concerts in Cadiz (Spain), Florence, Rome, Brussels, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Seville, Goteborg, Athens, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Venice, Trieste, Genova, Napels, San Sebastian, Grenada, Zaragoza, Zagreb, Belgrade, and in Amsterdam. Charles Fulton also toured many countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, performing in: Johannesburg, Abidjan, Douala, Yaounde, Kuwait City, Cairo, Alexandria, Accra, Algiers, Lagos, Rabat, Ankara, Casablanca, Istanbul, and in Tunis. He has also given concerts in Swaziland and Lesotho. His concert in Lesotho which took place under the auspices of the U.S. State Department was transmitted by the United Nations, and was attended by Her Royal Majesty Queen Mamohato Bereng Seeiso. Charles Fulton's music has been broadcast by the Vatican. Recitals have taken place in most of the great concert halls of Europe: the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Circolo della Stampa, Milan, Teatro della Opera, Trieste, Grand Sala del Conservatorio Guiseppe Verdi, Milan, the National Museum, Warsaw, Teatro Caio Melisso de Spoleto, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, Tivoli, Copenhagen, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Musikverein, Conservatory of Music, Crakow, etc. His opera debut took place in the Royal Opera House, Gent, Belgium in its production of "Porgy and Bess". His number of recitals averaged an impressive 150 per year in addition to radio and television appearances around the world. He toured Europe with the American Festival Theater (Rome), in its production of "Trumpets of the Lord". He performed a recital at the Fete de la Musique, Paris. Text: Lynn George, London