Singer feels his career success has been guided by faith

Published: 2005-06-24

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Daniel Rodriguez, the classical singer who gained fame for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at New York Yankees games after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York City, is enjoying a successful career. But that career, in his view, "has been guided more than anything I've ever done." Rodriguez has released a new album of sacred and spiritual songs, called "In the Presence." It includes hymns he sang at church such as "Joyful, Joyful," "Amazing Grace" and both English and Spanish versions of "Nearer My God to Thee." The Spanish-language version, he said, is "the one I've sung the most" over the years in church. It also includes such classical pieces as "Ave Maria" plus "Panis Angelicus" and "Pie Jesu," duets with fellow Catholic singer Lea Salonga, and the contemporary classic "On Eagle's Wings."

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