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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Douglas Ahlstedt</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_Ahlstedt_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Clean-shaven man with greying hair" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Douglas_Ahlstedt_%281%29.jpg/220px-Douglas_Ahlstedt_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Douglas_Ahlstedt_%281%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="332" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ahlstedt, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1995</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1945-03-16</span>)</span>March 16, 1945<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_New_York" title="Jamestown, New York">Jamestown, New York</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 24, 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-11-24)</span> (aged 78)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Fredonia" title="State University of New York at Fredonia">State University of New York at Fredonia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eastman_School_of_Music" title="Eastman School of Music">Eastman School of Music</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operatic_tenor" class="mw-redirect" title="Operatic tenor">Operatic tenor</a></li><li>Academic teacher</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organizations</th><td class="infobox-data org"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Oper_am_Rhein" title="Deutsche Oper am Rhein">Deutsche Oper am Rhein</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera_National_Council_Auditions" title="Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions">Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Douglas Ahlstedt</b> (March 16, 1945 – November 24, 2023) was an American <a href="/wiki/Operatic_tenor" class="mw-redirect" title="Operatic tenor">operatic tenor</a> who had an international performance career with major opera houses from the 1970s through the 1990s. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Oper_am_Rhein" title="Deutsche Oper am Rhein">Deutsche Oper am Rhein</a>, performing leading roles of the lyric tenore repertoire, and also many supporting roles. He was professor of voice at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> from 1998 until 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Douglas Ahlstedt was born in <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_New_York" title="Jamestown, New York">Jamestown, New York</a>, on March 16, 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Carl and Pearl Ahlstedt.<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended and performed with the <a href="/wiki/American_Boychoir_School" title="American Boychoir School">American Boychoir School</a> in Princeton, New Jersey, in his youth. He sang in his first opera while still a child, portraying the role of Miles in the United States premiere of Britten's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw_(opera)" title="The Turn of the Screw (opera)">The Turn of the Screw</a></i> with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_College_of_Music" title="New York College of Music">New York College of Music</a> in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned a bachelor's degree in vocal performance from the <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Fredonia" title="State University of New York at Fredonia">State University of New York at Fredonia</a> in 1968, and then served in the Army in <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a> for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He completed studies of vocal performance at the <a href="/wiki/Eastman_School_of_Music" title="Eastman School of Music">Eastman School of Music</a> with a master's degree.<sup id="cite_ref-Met_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ahlstedt made his stage debut as Ramiro in Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/La_Cenerentola" title="La Cenerentola">La Cenerentola</a></i> at the Western Opera Theater in San Francisco in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He first appeared with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Opera" title="San Francisco Opera">San Francisco Opera</a> as Koby in the United States premiere of Gottfried von Einem's <i><a href="/wiki/Der_Besuch_der_alten_Dame_(opera)" title="Der Besuch der alten Dame (opera)">Der Besuch der alten Dame</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year he made his debut at the <a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Music_Festival" title="Tanglewood Music Festival">Tanglewood Music Festival</a> as the Boy in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Strasfogel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian Strasfogel (page does not exist)">Ian Strasfogel's</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%98%D0%B0%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="ru:Страсфогель, Иан">ru</a>]</span> production of Brecht and Weill's <i><a href="/wiki/Der_Jasager" title="Der Jasager">The Yes Man</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was also heard at Tanglewood that year as Soldato pretoriano in Monteverdi's <i><a href="/wiki/L%27incoronazione_di_Poppea" title="L'incoronazione di Poppea">L'incoronazione di Poppea</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973 Ahlstedt won the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera_National_Council_Auditions" title="Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions">Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions</a> which made him known.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Met_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his debut on the stage of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a> (Met) in September 1973 as Borsa in Verdi's <i><a href="/wiki/Rigoletto" title="Rigoletto">Rigoletto</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Louis_Quilico" title="Louis Quilico">Louis Quilico</a> in the title role.<sup id="cite_ref-Met_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same season, he performed there as the Italian Tenor in <i><a href="/wiki/Der_Rosenkavalier" title="Der Rosenkavalier">Der Rosenkavalier</a></i> by R. Strauss.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared at the Met in multiple roles, both leading and minor, over the next three seasons,<sup id="cite_ref-Met_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including Fenton in Verdi's <i><a href="/wiki/Falstaff_(opera)" title="Falstaff (opera)">Falstaff</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benvolio in Gounod's <i><a href="/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_et_Juliette" title="Roméo et Juliette">Roméo et Juliette</a></i>, Brighella in <i><a href="/wiki/Ariadne_auf_Naxos" title="Ariadne auf Naxos">Ariadne auf Naxos</a></i> by Richard Strauss, Count Almaviva in Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville" title="The Barber of Seville">The Barber of Seville</a></i>, Danieli in Verdi's <i><a href="/wiki/I_vespri_siciliani" title="I vespri siciliani">I vespri siciliani</a></i>, Edmondo in Puccini's <i><a href="/wiki/Manon_Lescaut" title="Manon Lescaut">Manon Lescaut</a></i>, the First Prisoner in Beethoven's <i><a href="/wiki/Fidelio" title="Fidelio">Fidelio</a></i>, Froh in Wagner's <i><a href="/wiki/Das_Rheingold" title="Das Rheingold">Das Rheingold</a></i>, Gastone in Verdi's <i><a href="/wiki/La_traviata" title="La traviata">La traviata</a></i>, Lindoro in Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/L%27italiana_in_Algeri" title="L'italiana in Algeri">L'italiana in Algeri</a></i>, the Lover in Puccini's <i><a href="/wiki/Il_tabarro" title="Il tabarro">Il tabarro</a></i>, Major-domo in <i>Der Rosenkavalier</i>, Nathanael in Offenbach's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann" title="The Tales of Hoffmann">The Tales of Hoffmann</a></i>, a Priest in Mozart's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Flute" title="The Magic Flute">The Magic Flute</a></i>, the Sailor's Voice in Wagner's <i><a href="/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde" title="Tristan und Isolde">Tristan und Isolde</a></i>, and the Third Esquire in <i><a href="/wiki/Parsifal" title="Parsifal">Parsifal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Met_archive_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met_archive-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, Ahlstedt appeared on the TV game show <i><a href="/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth" title="To Tell the Truth">To Tell the Truth</a></i> (episode 1643).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_career">International career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1975 until 1984, Ahlstedt was a member of the ensemble of the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Oper_am_Rhein" title="Deutsche Oper am Rhein">Deutsche Oper am Rhein</a> in Germany, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_State_Opera" title="Vienna State Opera">Vienna State Opera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had guest contracts with the <a href="/wiki/Opernhaus_Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Opernhaus Zürich">Opernhaus Zürich</a> (1980–1981), the <a href="/wiki/Hamburg_State_Opera" title="Hamburg State Opera">Hamburg State Opera</a> (1982–1984), and the <a href="/wiki/Badisches_Staatstheater_Karlsruhe" title="Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe">Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe</a> (1984–1987).<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made guest appearances, at the <a href="/wiki/Holland_Festival" title="Holland Festival">Holland Festival</a> as Rinuccio in Puccini's <a href="/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi" title="Gianni Schicchi">Gianni Schicchi</a> in 1977, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_Gen%C3%A8ve" title="Grand Théâtre de Genève">Grand Théâtre de Genève</a> in 1978, the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_National_Opera" title="Dutch National Opera">Dutch National Opera</a> (1979) and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_Bordeaux" title="Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux">Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux</a> in 1981. He appeared at the <a href="/wiki/Teatro_dell%27Opera_di_Roma" title="Teatro dell'Opera di Roma">Teatro dell'Opera di Roma</a> as Idreno in Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/Semiramide" title="Semiramide">Semiramide</a></i> in 1982, at the <a href="/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_d%27Avignon" title="Opéra d'Avignon">Opéra d'Avignon</a> in 1983, at the <a href="/wiki/National_Theatre_(Prague)" title="National Theatre (Prague)">National Theatre Prague</a> 1987, and at the <a href="/wiki/Teatro_di_San_Carlo" title="Teatro di San Carlo">Teatro di San Carlo</a> in Naples as Oreste in Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/Ermione" title="Ermione">Hermione</a></i> in 1988. He performed at the <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_State_Opera" title="Bavarian State Opera">Bavarian State Opera</a> as Sifare in Mozart's <i><a href="/wiki/Mitridate,_re_di_Ponto" title="Mitridate, re di Ponto">Mitridate</a></i> and as Alessandro in Mozart's <i><a href="/wiki/Il_re_pastore" title="Il re pastore">Il re pastore</a></i>, both in 1990, and at the <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart_State_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuttgart State Opera">Stuttgart State Opera</a> as Dorvil in Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/La_scala_di_seta" title="La scala di seta">La scala di seta</a></i> in 1991, among others. He also performed at the 1985 and 1987 <a href="/wiki/Salzburg_Festival" title="Salzburg Festival">Salzburg Festival</a> as Anfinomo in Monteverdi's <i><a href="/wiki/Il_ritorno_d%27Ulisse_in_patria" title="Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria">Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979 Ahlstedt made his debut at the <a href="/wiki/Opera_Company_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Opera Company of Philadelphia">Opera Company of Philadelphia</a> as Ramiro in <i>La Cenerentola</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Maria_Ewing" title="Maria Ewing">Maria Ewing</a> in the title role. He also made guest appearances at the <a href="/wiki/Florentine_Opera" title="Florentine Opera">Florentine Opera</a> in Milwaukee in 1976 and the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Opera" title="Dallas Opera">Dallas Opera</a> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared at the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Theatre_of_Santiago" title="Municipal Theatre of Santiago">Municipal Theatre of Santiago</a> in 1985 and again in 1987 as Don Ottavio in Mozart's <i><a href="/wiki/Don_Giovanni" title="Don Giovanni">Don Giovanni</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Theatro_Municipal_(Rio_de_Janeiro)" title="Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)">Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro</a> in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983 Ahlstedt returned to New York City to sing as Idreno in a concert version of Rossini's <i><a href="/wiki/Semiramide" title="Semiramide">Semiramide</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Avery_Fisher_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Avery Fisher Hall">Avery Fisher Hall</a> presented by the <a href="/wiki/American_Symphony_Orchestra" title="American Symphony Orchestra">American Symphony Orchestra</a> with <a href="/wiki/June_Anderson" title="June Anderson">June Anderson</a> in the title role, <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a> as Arsace, and <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ramey" title="Samuel Ramey">Samuel Ramey</a> as Assur.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1983, he appeared at the Met again, as Iopas in <i><a href="/wiki/Les_Troyens" title="Les Troyens">Les Troyens</a></i> by Berlioz. He appeared in several more operas at the Met over the next five years, including as Count Almaviva, Fenton, Lindoro, and the title role in Debussy's <i><a href="/wiki/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande" class="mw-redirect" title="Pelléas et Mélisande">Pelléas et Mélisande</a></i>. After 191 performances at the Met, his final appearance there was on April 14, 1988, as Ferrando in <i><a href="/wiki/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte" title="Così fan tutte">Così fan tutte</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Met_archive_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met_archive-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teaching">Teaching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Teaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1998, Ahlstedt was professor of voice at the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a>; he retired in 2020. During his time there, he founded and directed the Steelers Opera Chorus, and he continued singing in concerts.<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ahlstedt married Linda Foxx on February 1, 1969; they worked together for the Anglican Church of Okinawa as choir director and organist. They had three children.<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahlstedt died on November 24, 2023, at the age of 78.<sup id="cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Ahlstedt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://obituaries.post-gazette.com/obituary/douglas-ahlstedt-1089092378">"Obituary"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette" title="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 28,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pittsburgh+Post-Gazette&rft.atitle=Obituary&rft.date=2023-11-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fobituaries.post-gazette.com%2Fobituary%2Fdouglas-ahlstedt-1089092378&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADouglas+Ahlstedt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kutsch/Riemens-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kutsch/Riemens_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKutschRiemens2012" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Josef_Kutsch" class="mw-redirect" title="Karl Josef Kutsch">Kutsch, K. J.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Leo_Riemens" title="Leo Riemens">Riemens, Leo</a> (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=27">"Ahlstedt, Douglas"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon" title="Großes Sängerlexikon">Großes Sängerlexikon</a></i> (in German) (4th ed.). <a href="/wiki/De_Gruyter" title="De Gruyter">De Gruyter</a>. p. 27. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-59-844088-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-59-844088-5"><bdi>978-3-59-844088-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ahlstedt%2C+Douglas&rft.btitle=Gro%C3%9Fes+S%C3%A4ngerlexikon&rft.pages=27&rft.edition=4th&rft.pub=De+Gruyter&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-3-59-844088-5&rft.aulast=Kutsch&rft.aufirst=K.+J.&rft.au=Riemens%2C+Leo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Ddsfq_5dFeL0C%26pg%3D27&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADouglas+Ahlstedt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRoss_Parmenter1958" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Parmenter" title="Ross Parmenter">Ross Parmenter</a> (March 20, 1958). 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