Michael Ballam
Michael Ballam | |
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| Born | August 21, 1951 Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| Education | Utah State University (B.M.) Indiana University (M.M., D.M.) |
| Occupation | Opera singer (tenor) |
| Spouse |
Laurie Israelsen (m. 1972) |
| Children | 6, including Vanessa Ballam |
| Website | michaelballam |
Michael Lynn Ballam (born August 21, 1951) is an American opera singer, educator, and arts administrator.
He is the founding general director of Utah Festival Opera and a professor of music at Utah State University. He has served on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West, where he also studied, and as a guest lecturer at Stanford, Yale, Catholic University, and Manhattan School of Music.