Artist Info: Gordon Getty

Gordon Peter Getty was born on December 20, 1934.
He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.
His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's fourth wife.

Among a number of professions, Getty is a classical music composer, whose compositions include the opera Plump Jack, Joan and the Bells, and a collection of choral works.
Aspiring to become an opera singer, Getty studied in the mid-1970s with Louise Caselotti, a mezzo soprano who had been Maria Callas' voice teacher (1946-47). [read more...]