# Ronald Hamilton

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**Ronald Hamilton** is an American [tenor](/source/Tenor) who was born in [Hamilton, Ohio](/source/Hamilton,_Ohio), to a musical family. He began studying medicine, but decided on a singing career.

In 1972 he was engaged by the opera in Ulm. In 1975 he signed a contract with Dortmund and, in 1977, with the [Deutsche Oper am Rhein](/source/Deutsche_Oper_am_Rhein). In the 1985-86 season he performed the role of Alwa in *Lulu*. He made his [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera) debut in this role in 1988, opposite [Catherine Malfitano](/source/Catherine_Malfitano) and [Tatiana Troyanos](/source/Tatiana_Troyanos), in [John Dexter](/source/John_Dexter)'s production conducted by [James Levine](/source/James_Levine).

Hamilton appeared regularly with the companies of [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), Dresden, Buenos Aires, and Berlin (Staatsoper) in the roles of Florestan (*Fidelio*), Bacchus (*Ariadne auf Naxos*), Lohengrin, and Walther von Stolzing (*Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*), appearing as Stolzing in a Staatsoper tour of Japan. In 1988-89 and in 1989-90, he regularly appeared at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (*Der fliegende Holländer*, *Der Freischütz*, *Oberon*, *Lohengrin*, and *Die Meistersinger*). Also in his répertoire are the roles of Tristan in *Tristan und Isolde*, Aegisth in *Elektra*, the Kaiser in *Die Frau ohne Schatten*, and the Leper in *Saint François d'Assise*.

Hamilton made his [Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Royal_de_la_Monnaie) debut in 1988, in *Lulu*. He then appeared in the role of Skuratov in *From the House of the Dead*. In 1990 he sang the important role of [St Simeon Stylites](/source/St_Simeon_Stylites) in [Hans Zender](/source/Hans_Zender)'s *[Stephen Climax](/source/Stephen_Climax)*. At the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival) in 1990 he sang Orpheus in [Ernst Krenek](/source/Ernst_Krenek)'s *Orpheus und Eurydice* with [Dunja Vejzovic](/source/Dunja_Vejzovic).

Some of his recordings are: *Orpheus und Eurydice* (of Krenek, 1990) and *Stephen Climax* (with [Dale Duesing](/source/Dale_Duesing), conducted by [Sylvain Cambreling](/source/Sylvain_Cambreling), 1990) and, on DVD, *Wozzeck* (as the Drum-Major, opposite Duesing, 1996).

## External links

- [Ronald Hamilton in a documentary on *Saint François d'Assise* (1992).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-9Se8Lh89k)

## Sources

- *The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia*, edited by David Hamilton, [Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster), 1987. ISBN 0-671-61732-X
- Program notes to *Stephen Climax*, La Monnaie, 1990.
- Liner notes to *Orpheus und Eurydice*, ORFEO International, 2016.

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