Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey (born February 12 in High Point, North Carolina) is an American opera tenor.He is a regular presence on the stages of opera houses and concert halls around the world.Griffey has also been noted for his acting talent in addition to his voice. In 2007 he starred alongside Audra McDonald and Patti Lupone in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Los Angeles Opera, the recording of which won two Grammy Awards. In the 2005 edition of Musical America Griffey was cited as one of twelve young singers of distinction.Griffey was honored as an inductee into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2015, he was appointed as Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe has said: "Griffey has voice, technique, musicianship, diction, and poetry in his soul."