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William Heddle Nash Verdi Steane Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Borgatti Carcano Rossini Ferrando Joan Hammond Sir Edward Elgar Scala Covent Garden Three Choirs Festival British National Opera Company Carl Rosa Opera Company 1894 1923 1924 1925 1926 1929 1930 1931 1932 1934 1937 1938 1948 1950 1958 1961 1994
Heddle Nash sings 'Questa o quella' (in English as 'In my heart, all are equally cherished,') with orchestra conducted by Clarence Raybould, recorded on 4 April 1932. I hear a little 'bird' intrude in the introduction! From Wikipedia: William Heddle Nash (14 June 1894 – 14 August 1961) was an English lyric tenor who appeared in opera and oratorio. He made numerous recordings that are still available on CD reissues. Nash's voice was of the light tenor class known as 'tenore di grazia.' The critic J. B. Steane referred to him as 'the English lyric tenor par excellence, without equal then or now...' Nash was born in the South London district of Deptford on 14 June 1894... The family was musical, and listening at home to a gramophone record by Enrico Caruso prompted Nash to apply for a scholarship at the Blackheath Conservatoire of Music. He was accepted, but a week later World War I broke out. Nash joined the army, serving in France, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine. The Blackheath scholarship was held open until after the war; Nash took it up on his return. He had some experience of concert and oratorio work, and then he accepted an offer to sing with Podrecca and Feodora's Italian Marionettes. Unseen, standing in the orchestra pit of the Scala and Coliseum theatres, he sang the tenor roles in many Italian operas while on the stages the puppets mimed the action. After the London season, the marionette company secured a contract to appear in New York; Nash went with them. On his return to London a friend advanced the money for him to study in Milan with Giuseppe Borgatti. On 7 April 1923 Nash married Florence Emily Violet Pearce, daughter of a sign manufacturer. They had two sons, John Dennis Heddle Nash +••.••(...)), who became an operatic baritone, and David L Heddle Nash (b. 1930). While studying with Borgatti, Nash made his operatic debut in 1924 at the Teatro Carcano in Milan, when he replaced an indisposed tenor in the role of Almaviva in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. It was a notable success. After singing at Turin, Bologna and Genoa, Nash returned to England with his wife in 1925. He had developed an Italianate style of singing that remained with him: it was said of him that he sang everything as though it were by Verdi. On his return to London Nash was engaged by the Old Vic Company under Lilian Baylis to sing tenor roles in English. Success was instantaneous. The Musical Times said that it was a pleasure to welcome a very beautiful tenor voice, praised his clarity of diction, and predicted that Nash would be one of the eminent lyric tenors of the future... At the end of the Old Vic season he joined the British National Opera Company, going on tour with the company after a short London season... In 1929, Nash made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden... He sang leading tenor roles in Italian and French operas at Covent Garden until World War II... The critic Alan Blyth called Nash the leading British lyric tenor of the 20th century, and considered him 'ideal casting for the heroes of French 19th-century Romantic opera.' Nash had a repertoire of twenty-four operas, and sang fluently in English, French, German and Italian. He was proud of being the first Englishman to sing David in Die Meistersinger in the International Season at Covent Garden. In the first Glyndebourne season, in 1934, Nash played Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro at the inaugural performance, Pedrillo, and Ferrando in Così fan Tutte. He sang these three roles every year until 1938, adding Ottavio in Don Giovanni in 1937. The critic Richard Capell wrote, 'Hardly another tenor of his time has sung Mozart with such elegance and at the same time such a minstrel-like effect of spontaneity.' Nash also sang in lighter musical stage works... During the war Nash toured with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, often singing opposite the Australian soprano Joan Hammond... His last appearance at Covent Garden was in Die Meistersinger in April 1948. He continued to appear on stage until July 1958... Nash's career was not restricted to opera; he gave many song recitals, made radio broadcasts and performed in concerts and oratorio productions all over Britain. In 1931, he was chosen by Sir Edward Elgar to sing the title role in The Dream of Gerontius, in a performance conducted by Elgar himself. Henceforth, Nash was closely associated with the part, singing it at every Three Choirs Festival from 1934 to 1950... Nash sang regularly in Messiah, and other oratorios... In his later years, Nash was appointed professor of singing at the Royal College of Music. He sang in his last Messiah a few months before his death from lung cancer on 14 August 1961. On his tombstone in Chislehurst Cemetery are carved the opening words of part two of The Dream of Gerontius: 'I went to sleep and now I am refreshed...'' I transferred this side from Australian Columbia DO 863.
Louise Kirkby Lunn Kirkby Lunn Saint Saens Percy Pitt Henry Wood I Sang Herman Klein Greenwood Jacques Bouhy All Saints Church Covent Garden Carl Rosa Opera Company Metropolitan Opera 1890 1895 1896 1899 1900 1901 1902 1906 1909 1912 1914 1930
This is a further title recorded by Kirkby Lunn on 29 June 1909 with orchestra conducted by Percy Pitt. Kirkby Lunn is all but forgotten nowadays, yet no less an authority than Sir Henry Wood praised her as 'a singer with a glorious voice and an even tone throughout a compass of well over two octaves, a singer with whom I never found fault in so much as a quaver in all the years I worked with her, and who never sang out of tune.' Herman Klein referred to her 'warm rich notes of true contralto quality.' Kirkby Lunn was a stage name, adopted quite early in her career. She was born Louisa Baker, the daughter of Manchester confectioner W. H. Baker and his wife Mary Elizabeth Kirkby. Her cousin was James Baker, who sang professionally and made many popular recordings under the name Stanley Kirkby. From Wikipedia: Kirkby Lunn (pronounced Kirby Lunn) had her early vocal training in her native city of Manchester, at All Saints Church. She sang there in the choir under Dr J. H. Greenwood, the church's organist, and later appeared at concerts in the city. In 1890, she obtained a place at the Royal College of Music in London and studied for three years with Albert Visetti, also training for opera... She also studied for some time with Jacques Bouhy in Paris. In 1895, she appeared in the first season of Promenade concerts for Henry J. Wood. Augustus Harris gave her a five-year contract almost upon first hearing... [In 1896] she joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company, performing as principal mezzo-soprano in London and on tour in the provinces in Carmen, Mignon, Lohengrin, Rigoletto and other works... She remained with the Carl Rosa until 1899, the year in which she married W. J. Pearson. She was particularly active in the 1900–1901 Queen's Hall season with Wood... From 1901 to 1914, Louise Kirkby Lunn appeared regularly at the Covent Garden, and for several of those years also in the United States, especially at the Metropolitan Opera in the seasons of 1902–03, 1906–08 and 1912–14. She was particularly successful in Wagnerian opera parts... Before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Kirkby Lunn had been in great demand for oratorio appearances on the European Continent, and she sang frequently as far afield as Budapest. New York also heard her during this period. In 1912, she had made a tour of Australia with William Murdoch, the celebrated pianist who had made his London debut two years earlier.... She died in London on 17 February 1930.
Louise Kirkby Lunn Kirkby Lunn Trevalsa Henry Wood I Sang Herman Klein Greenwood Jacques Bouhy All Saints Church Covent Garden Carl Rosa Opera Company Metropolitan Opera 1890 1895 1896 1899 1900 1901 1902 1906 1912 1913 1914 1930
Louise Kirkby Lunn sings 'My Treasure,' recorded on 16 October 1913. Kirkby Lunn is all but forgotten nowadays, yet no less an authority than Sir Henry Wood praised her as 'a singer with a glorious voice and an even tone throughout a compass of well over two octaves, a singer with whom I never found fault in so much as a quaver in all the years I worked with her, and who never sang out of tune.' Herman Klein referred to her 'warm rich notes of true contralto quality.' Kirkby Lunn was a stage name, adopted quite early in her career. She was born Louisa Baker, the daughter of Manchester confectioner W. H. Baker and his wife Mary Elizabeth Kirkby. Her cousin was James Baker, who sang professionally and made many popular recordings under the name Stanley Kirkby. From Wikipedia: Kirkby Lunn (pronounced Kirby Lunn) had her early vocal training in her native city of Manchester, at All Saints Church. She sang there in the choir under Dr J. H. Greenwood, the church's organist, and later appeared at concerts in the city. In 1890, she obtained a place at the Royal College of Music in London and studied for three years with Albert Visetti, also training for opera... She also studied for some time with Jacques Bouhy in Paris. In 1895, she appeared in the first season of Promenade concerts for Henry J. Wood. Augustus Harris gave her a five-year contract almost upon first hearing... [In 1896] she joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company, performing as principal mezzo-soprano in London and on tour in the provinces in Carmen, Mignon, Lohengrin, Rigoletto and other works... She remained with the Carl Rosa until 1899, the year in which she married W. J. Pearson. She was particularly active in the 1900–1901 Queen's Hall season with Wood... From 1901 to 1914, Louise Kirkby Lunn appeared regularly at the Covent Garden, and for several of those years also in the United States, especially at the Metropolitan Opera in the seasons of 1902–03, 1906–08 and 1912–14. She was particularly successful in Wagnerian opera parts... Before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Kirkby Lunn had been in great demand for oratorio appearances on the European Continent, and she sang frequently as far afield as Budapest. New York also heard her during this period. In 1912, she had made a tour of Australia with William Murdoch, the celebrated pianist who had made his London debut two years earlier.... She died in London on 17 February 1930.
Louise Kirkby Lunn Kirkby Lunn Greenwood Jacques Bouhy Louise Homer Schumann Drury O Brien Massenet Gluck Clara Butt I Sang Henry Wood Carl Rosa Opera Company Covent Garden 1899 1901 1902 1904 1914 1921 1922
From Cantabile-Subito Louise Kirkby Lunn "She was born in Manchester and studied with J.H. Greenwood, afterwards with Alberto Antonio Visetti in London. Further studies with the renowned Jacques Bouhy in Paris (Louise Homer was also a student of him). She made her early debut as Margaretha in Schumann’s Genoveva at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Later she appeared in Délibes’ Le Roi l’a dit (!). She considered her real debut as Nora in Charles Standford’s opera Shamus O’Brien. She also sang at the Harris Opera Theatre and at the Carl Rosa Opera Company. From the very beginning she loved to sing on the concert platform. After her marriage in 1899 she had planned to terminate her career, but in 1901 she continued singing and signed a contract with Covent Garden. She was an important member at this famous opera house until 1914 (and again in the season 1921/22). She participated in some first opera performances: Massenet’s Hérodiade, Saint-Saëns’ Hélène and Gluck’s Armide. In 1902 she was invited to the Metropolitan where she debuted as Ortrud. Within the next two years she also sang Brangäne and Amneris. She toured America in 1904 where she was heard as Kundry (first performances of the opera in English) and this role was one of her greatest achievements. She created the role of Dalila in Saint-Saëns’ opera Samson et Dalila in the first English performance at Covent Garden. Despite her great success on stage she made many concert appearances and she became even more popular on the concert platform than in opera. She became THE great British oratorio contralto besides Dame Clara Butt. She was not only heard at the festivals of Birmingham, Sheffield and Norwich but also toured widely (USA, Australia and New Zealand). Her last opera appearance (as Amneris) took place in 1922 at Covent Garden. She continued to give concerts and recitals. At the end of her career she became a renowned singing coach." “A singer with a glorious voice and an even tone throughout a compass of well over two octaves, a singer with whom I never found fault in so much as a quaver all the years I worked with her, and who never sang out of tune. Her Brangäne at Covent Garden, her fine acting and singing as Kundry in America, and a marvellous rendering of Isolde’s Liebestod ... are among my most cherished memories of her” Sir Henry Wood, conductor
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