Rockwell Blake, born January 10, 1951, in Plattsburgh, New York, is an American operatic tenor noted for his Rossini repertoire. After completing studies at SUNY Fredonia and the Catholic University of America, he served three years in the Navy as a chorister before debuting as Lindoro in L’italiana in Algeri at the Kennedy Center in 1976. He received the Richard Tucker Award in 1978 and the Diapason d’Or in 1994, while teaching at institutions including the Conservatoire de Paris and SUNY Plattsburgh. His debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1981 was in the same role, with Marilyn Horne as his Isabella. He made his only stage appearance at La Scala in 1992 as Giacomo in La donna del lago. His final opera stage appearances took place in 2005, when he performed the roles of Uberto in Rossini's La donna del lago in Lisbon and Libenskoff in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims in Monte Carlo.
