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Seth McCoy (December 17, 1928, Sanford, North Carolina - January 22, 1997, Rochester, New York) was an American operatic tenor.

Among his roles were the American premieres of Tassilone  [ de ] by Agostino Steffani, Káťa Kabanová by Leoš Janáček, and Treemonisha by Scott Joplin. He also sang the part of Marco in the recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff's opera Monna Vanna . This was orchestrated by Igor Buketoff from a piano score by the composer.

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