Adam guettel biography
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Adam guettel biography
Adam Guettel
Musical artist
Adam Guettel (; born December 16, 1964) is an American composer-lyricist of musical theater and opera. The grandson of musical theatre composer Richard Rodgers, he is best known for his musicals Floyd Collins (Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Obie Award for Best Music), The Light in the Piazza, (Tony Award for Best Original Score and Tony Award for Best Orchestrations), and Days of Wine and Roses (Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition).[1]
Biography
Early years
Guettel was born on December 16, 1964, to film executive Henry Guettel and writer/composer Mary Rodgers, daughter of famed composer Richard Rodgers, and was raised on the Upper West Side of New York City.
He performed as a boy soprano soloist in operas including Pelléas et Mélisande and The Magic Flute, both at the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera, and in another production of Pelléas with the Santa Fe Opera.
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