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He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career.
By Adam Nossiter
David Rendall, a British tenor who gained starring roles in Mozart, Verdi and Donizetti on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to a light, clear voice, but who found life uncomfortably imitating art in a pair of career-altering stage mishaps, died on July 21 at his home in New Forest, England. He was 76.
