Robert White

Robert White is an American tenor who has had a major career in North America and Britain as a concert and operatic tenor, and as an "Irish tenor." He was born and raised in the Bronx (one of New York City's five boroughs). His father was from Kerry and his mother from Galway. His father, Joseph White, was a professional singer and radio actor, who played NBC's The Silver-Masked Tenor. Joseph White brought his son proper vocal delivery and technique beginning at the age of nine. The boy also learned from the records of the leading Irish tenor, John McCormack. Robert was a ch...