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Joel Lazar <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:20:31 -0500
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Scott Morrison wrote:

>I just heard on BBC 3 (Internet) that tenor Alexander Young, who was the
>Tom Rakewell in the premiere of Stravinsky's 'The Rake's Progress' has
>died.  What a wonderful singer he was.

And he was David in Horenstein's 1972 Danish Radio performance of Nielsen's
"Saul and David", which is when I got to know him.  What a wonderful man
and a generous colleague!

Joel Lazar

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