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Charles Williams

Louisiana-born Charles Williams has won international acclaim since his opera debut at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. He has performed in theaters and opera houses, and for radio and television in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Zurich and Vienna. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess under the baton of James Levine. Williams has conducted vocal technique and vocal health workshops in New York, New Hampshire, The Barns at Wolf Trap, The Smithsonian Institute, the Kennedy Center, and with the Connecticut Opera and Opera Columbus. He performed in Paris with the National Orchestra of France under the direction of Lorin Maazel.

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A Christmas Carol 12/22/04: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol: Charles Williams narrates the Dickens classic, accompanied by the period music of Hesperus.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol: Charles Williams narrates the Dickens classic, accompanied by the period music of Hesperus.
A Christmas Carol 12/23/03: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol: Charles Williams narrates the Dickens classic, accompanied by the musical stylings of Hesperus, featuring Tina Chancey and Scott Reiss.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol: Charles Williams narrates the Dickens classic, accompanied by the musical stylings of Hesperus, featuring Tina Chancey and Scott Reiss.
Hesperus and Charles Williams 12/13/02: Hesperus and Charles Williams

A Christmas Carol: The Internationally acclaimed Charles Williams narrates the Dickens classic, accompanied by the period musical stylings of Hesperus, featuring Tina Chancey and Scott Reiss.

Hesperus and Charles Williams

A Christmas Carol: The Internationally acclaimed Charles Williams narrates the Dickens classic, accompanied by the period musical stylings of Hesperus, featuring Tina Chancey and Scott Reiss.
The Best of Friends 4/7/01: The Best of Friends

Cabaret artists Beverly Cosham, Charles Williams and George Fulginiti-Shakar team up to present popular music and Broadway favoirtes spanning six decades in The Best of FriendsàSinging Songs of a Lifetime.

The Best of Friends

Cabaret artists Beverly Cosham, Charles Williams and George Fulginiti-Shakar team up to present popular music and Broadway favoirtes spanning six decades in The Best of FriendsàSinging Songs of a Lifetime.

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