| Other author/creator | Estes, Simon, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hayden, Robert C., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Simon Estes |
| Portion of title |
Simon Estes |
| Abstract |
Opera singer Simon Estes was born on March 2, 1938, in Centerville, Iowa. Estes was the youngest of three siblings. Raised in a spiritually-centered family, Estes sang in his church choir as a young boy and continued throughout his youth. Estes began his university career as a pre-med student in 1957, at the University of Iowa. Upon graduating from the University of Iowa, Estes enrolled in the Julliard School of Music in 1964. In 1965, Estes made his professional debut at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin in the role of Ramfis in Aida. Some of his most memorable operatic performances have been performing for Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa, and in the Flyin Dutchman and Porgy and Bess. Estes worked also as a voice, humanities, and foreign language professor at Iowa State University, Boston University, and Wartburg College. He is married to Ovida Strong. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer |
Robert Hayden, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2006 February 6. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.011 HistoryMakers |
