Mallory Elton Walker (May 22, 1935 — December 7, 2014) was an American operatic tenor and music educator who had an active international singing career in operas and concerts from the late 1950s until his death in 2014.
[1] Born in New Orleans, Walker earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles which he attended on a full vocal scholarship.
He then became a soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale, with whom he toured the United States performing the tenor solos in Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor in 1960.
In 1962 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera (SFO) as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and returned there the following year as Tamino in The Magic Flute.
[1] In 1974 he was handpicked by Sir Georg Solti to sing the role of the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO).