# Joseph Shore

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**Joseph Shore** (16 April 1948 - 6 July 2021) was an American [operatic](/source/Opera) [Baritone](/source/Baritone) and voice teacher. He has excelled particularly in the operas of [Giuseppe Verdi](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi).

## Early life and studies

Born in [Carthage, Missouri](/source/Carthage,_Missouri), Shore suffered from a [congenital heart disease](/source/Congenital_disorder) called [coarctation of the aorta](/source/Coarctation_of_the_aorta), and, at the age of 19, underwent [open heart surgery](/source/Open_heart_surgery). In college he majored in [theology](/source/Theology) with a second major in speech and drama and did his masters work in theology at the [Southern Baptist Theological Seminary](/source/Southern_Baptist_Theological_Seminary) in [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville,_Kentucky) and [Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary](/source/Midwestern_Baptist_Theological_Seminary) in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City,_Missouri). He later did masters work in voice and opera at the [University of Tulsa](/source/University_of_Tulsa) School of Music.[1] After little vocal training, Shore won the 1974 [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera) National Council Auditions at the district level and became an apprentice artist at the [Santa Fe Opera](/source/Santa_Fe_Opera). Fellow apprentices included [Ashley Putnam](/source/Ashley_Putnam), [Vinson Cole](/source/Vinson_Cole), and [Chris Merritt](/source/Chris_Merritt). The next year he won all the levels of the Met auditions[2] and was one of the ten national finalists. That same year, Ted Harris, Shore's vocal coach, introduced him to basso-opera singer [Jerome Hines](/source/Jerome_Hines) and Shore was then given a leading role in Hines' opera on the life of Christ, *I Am The Way*. Mr. Shore sang with the Hines company until 1996 and developed a close artistic relationship with Hines. While in New York, Mr. Shore also studied with legendary baritone Cesare Bardelli.[3]

## Career

Shore performed with the [Lyric Opera of Chicago](/source/Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago), the [San Francisco Opera](/source/San_Francisco_Opera), the [San Diego Opera](/source/San_Diego_Opera), the [Houston Grand Opera](/source/Houston_Grand_Opera), the [New Jersey State Opera](/source/New_Jersey_State_Opera), [Tulsa Opera](/source/Tulsa_Opera), [Opera Omaha](/source/Opera_Omaha), the [Arizona Opera](/source/Arizona_Opera), the [Nevada Opera](/source/Nevada_Opera), the [Toledo](/source/Toledo_Opera) and [Dayton](/source/Dayton_Opera) Operas, the [Lyric Opera of Dallas](/source/Lyric_Opera_of_Dallas), the [Fort Worth Opera](/source/Fort_Worth_Opera), the [Goldovsky Opera Theater](/source/Goldovsky_Opera_Theater), the Chamber Opera Theatre of New York, [New York Grand Opera](/source/New_York_Grand_Opera), [Opera Classics of New Jersey](/source/Opera_Classics_of_New_Jersey), the [Chautauqua](/source/Chautauqua), Aspen, and Northern Ireland Festivals, the [Edmonton Opera](/source/Edmonton_Opera), the [Canadian Broadcasting Company](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Company), the [BBC](/source/BBC), the [Belfast Grand Opera](/source/Belfast_Grand_Opera), the [Youngstown Symphony](/source/Youngstown_Symphony), the [Savannah Symphony](/source/Savannah_Symphony), the [Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic](/source/Northeastern_Pennsylvania_Philharmonic), the [Raleigh Symphony](/source/Raleigh_Symphony), and the [Jerome Hines Opera Troupe](/source/Jerome_Hines_Opera_Troupe). Shore performed roles such as [Macbeth](/source/Macbeth_(Verdi)), [Rigoletto](/source/Rigoletto), [Germont](/source/La_traviata), [Amonasro](/source/Aida), [Renato](/source/Un_ballo_in_maschera), and [Falstaff](/source/Falstaff_(opera)), among the [Verdi](/source/Verdi) roles, as well as [Alfio](/source/Cavalleria_rusticana), [Tonio](/source/Pagliacci), [Scarpia](/source/Tosca), [Barnaba](/source/La_Gioconda_(opera)), [Telramund](/source/Lohengrin_(opera)), [Pizarro](/source/Pizarro), and [Salieri](/source/Mozart_and_Salieri_(opera)).

In 1988, Shore became a voice teacher and accepted appointments to the faculties of the [University of North Carolina at Greensboro](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Greensboro), the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) and [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University). In 1995, he published an interview with [Jerome Hines](/source/Jerome_Hines) in the [NATS](/source/National_Association_of_Teachers_of_Singing) Journal.[4] Among his students in the pop field were [Alexz Johnson](/source/Alexz_Johnson) and [Michael Bublé](/source/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9), and in opera Campbell Vertesi, Bryn Vertesi, David Fankhauser,[5] Davide di Ragusa,[6] Siphiwe McKenzie, Le Roy Jameson, Tyler Lincoln,[7] and Paul Grindlay.[8] His most famous student was [Jerome Hines](/source/Jerome_Hines) himself who studied informally with Shore and dedicated his book, *The Four Voices of Man*,[9] to him.

Shore's heart disease worsened over the years and shortened his career. He received an [artificial heart valve](/source/Artificial_heart_valve) in 1994 and had to replace it in 2006. Then 58 years old, he contracted [lung disease](/source/Lung_disease) due to heart complications and had to retire from professional singing.

Shore lived in [Burnaby](/source/Burnaby), B.C. teaching voice. Much of his pedagogical writing, including his biography, is available from his web site.[10]

## Awards

In addition to the Metropolitan Opera auditions Shore also won the [Bruce Yarnell](/source/Bruce_Yarnell) Memorial Award for Baritones in 1981[11] and the WGN Auditions in 1976.

## References

1. [Laven Sowell, My Music Notebook, pp. 92-93](http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/download/35209)

1. [Joseph Shore Met Auditions 1975-The Prologue](https://www.youtube.com/gOoO6nuY-Ck) on YouTube

1. ["Home"](http://www.cesarebardelli.com/). *cesarebardelli.com*

1. [NATS Journal, vol 51, January 1995, page 19](https://archive.today/20120908041201/http://www.nats.org/index.php?option=com_chronoconnectivity&connectionname=JOS_Index&Itemid=55)

1. [Pourquoi Me Reveiller sung by David Fankhauser](https://www.youtube.com/9WKSH4kJ_LY) on YouTube

1. [Davide di Ragusa (LinkedIn)](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/davide/di%20ragusa)

1. ["Tyler Lincoln Bio (Oakland Lyric Opera)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090728124701/http://oaklandlyricopera.org/BIO_multiple_1.html#tyl_lin). Archived from [the original](http://www.oaklandlyricopera.org/BIO_multiple_1.html#tyl_lin) on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-22.

1. ["Paul Grindlay Bio (Alberta Baroque Ensemble)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110707103346/http://www.albertabaroque.com/PaulGrindlayBio.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.albertabaroque.com/PaulGrindlayBio.htm) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-03-22.

1. [Four Voices of Man (Google Books)](https://books.google.com/books?id=0O4BAAAACAAJ&dq=four+voices+of+man)

1. [http://www.josephshore.com](http://www.josephshore.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090328182949/http://www.josephshore.com/) 2009-03-28 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Central Opera Service Bulletin, vol 23, no 3, pg 55"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070713220053/http://www.cpanda.org/pdfs/csob/2303.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.cpanda.org/pdfs/csob/2303.pdf) on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2009-03-22.

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