Thomas Stewart was an American bass-baritone who specialized in Wagnerian roles.
Thomas James Stewart was born in San Saba, Texas. He graduated from Baylor University in 1953 and then went to the Juilliard School, where he studied with Mack Harrell. He made his debut in 1954 as La Roche in the American premiere of Richard Strauss's Capriccio, and went on to sing with the New York City Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
He married soprano Evelyn Lear in 1955, and the following year the couple...