The Ballplayer-Baritone's Perfect Pitch;Washington's Gordon Hawkins, Up to Bat at the New York Opera

The Washington Post | August 9, 1990| | Copyright

At 31, Gordon Hawkins is struggling to avoid premature aging.

Hawkins, a Prince George's County native who sings his first role with the New York City Opera tonight, is a baritone-a kind of voice that is usually typecast as an old man, a father, a villain or frequently all three.

"I'm not sure I'm ready for that," says the young singer. For now, Hawkins is being spared the nasty roles and the geriatric makeup. Tonight he will sing the role of Escamillo the bullfighter in "Carmen," the updated City Opera production that puts the story in the Spanish Civil War period and has Escamillo ...

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