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  Ted Huffman Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Ted Huffman Ted Huffman joined the Choir of Men and Boys at Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut when he was seven and was later elected Head Chorister. He made his operatic debut at age twelve singing the Tosca shepherd on the nationally-televised Live From Lincoln Center with Luciano Pavarotti, "Great Performers at Lincoln Center - Pavarotti Plus!" which aired on PBS February 28, 1990. Two nights later, he opened in the role of Kurt in New York City Opera's revival of The Sound Of Music, directed by James Hammerstein II. Ted was also cast in Tannhauser and Billy Budd at the Met. For two consecutive seasons, he performed the title role in the Lincoln Center production of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Ted's first recording "The Treble Boys was released in 1991. He also made a guest appearance on Placido Domingo's recording, "The Broadway I Love," in which he portrays a younger Domingo in "Try To Remember". He has sung at the Met in several roles, one of which was Fyodor in Boris Godunov in October 1990. He is a credited vocalist in the 1991 version of Mozart's Zauberflote released on DVD in 2000. It features the Metropolitan Opera and Ted Huffman, Benjamin Schott and Per-Christian Brevig singing the parts of the three boys.

Ted attended Yale and lived in Greenwich, CT. He studied voice with composer Anthony Piccolo and continued singing, studying with voice teacher Herbert Burtis as a baritone.
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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Ted Huffman - Lullaby and Good Night
Lullaby and Good Night (Newport NPD 85534, CD) 1993
Featuring Ted Huffman  
  1.   Before Sleeping (Thomson)  
  2.   O Waly, Waly [Somerset folksong] (arr. Britten)  
  3.   The Little Horses (adap. Copland)  
  4.   Cradle Song (Fraser-Simson)  
  5.   Ständchen (Brahms)  
  6.   Long Time Ago (Copland)  
  7.   Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)  
  8.   Sandmännchen (Brahms)  
  9.   Wiegenlied (Cornelius)  
10.   Kinderwacht (Schumann)  
11.   Away in a Manger (arr. Piccolo)  
12.   Hark! Hark! The Lark (Schubert)  
13.   Little Elegy (Rorem)  
14.   Blake's Cradle Song (Vaughan Williams)  
15.   Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen (Schubert)  
16.   On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)  
17.   Wiegenlied (Brahms)  
18.   Wiegenlied (Schubert)  
19.   O Shenandoah (arr. Dougherty)  
20.   All Thro' the Night (arr. Stanford)  
Ted Huffman - The Treble Boys: Wonder Solos and Duets
The Treble Boys: Wonder Solos and Duets (Newport  NPD 85514, CD) 1991
Featuring Ted Huffman   Stephen Van Dyck  
Sony has purchased this recording from Newport.
  1.   Christo Resurgenti (Couperin)  
  2.   The Song of the Tree of Life (Vaughan Wiliams)  
  3.   Gaudent in Coelis (Dering)  
  4.   Wonder (Piccolo)  
  5.   Give Ear Unto Me (Marcello)  
  6.   At the River (arr. Copland)  
  7.   Duo Seraphim (Dering)  
  8.   Pie Jesu (Faure)  
  9.   Wash Me Thoroughly (Handel)  
10.   I Sing of a Maiden (Hadley)  
11.   Lost is My Quiet (Purcell)  
12.   He Shall Feed His Flock (Handel)  
13.   Sing a Song of Joy (Campion)  
14.   Never Weather-Beaten Saile (Campion)  
15.   Corpus Christi Carol (Britten)  
16.   Ave Maria (Lindley)  
17.   O Bone Jesu (Dering)  
18.   Abendsegen (Humperdinck)  
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Placido Domingo: The Broadway I Love (Atlantic/WEA , CD)
Featuring Ted Huffman  
Ted Huffman sings on track 9: Try to Remember.
  9.   Try to Remember  
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Ted Huffman - Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (1991)
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (1991) (Deutsche Grammophon 073-003-9, DVD) 1991
Featuring Ted Huffman   Benjamin Schott  
Levine, Battle, Serra, Metropolitan Opera. Recorded in February 1991. The three boys are Ted Huffman, Benjamin Schott, and Per-Christian Brevig.
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