Opera star Lawrence Brownlee debut 'Songs Of My Youth' at BrickBox
WORCESTER — As a high school student in Youngstown, Ohio, two of Lawrence Brownlee's teachers told him they thought "I had a voice suited to classical music," he recalled. He was selected for a program at Youngstown State University while still in high school that consisted of singing lessons every Monday night, culminating in a recital. At the recital, "After I finished there was a standing ovation from the audience," Brownlee said. "I thought, 'Hey, perhaps there is something to this classical music thing.' " Brownlee is now one of the world's leading operatic tenors, hailed by The...