Lytton, Sir H(enry) A(lbert) Reference library
Andrew Lamb
The Grove Book of Opera Singers (2 ed.)
...Sir H(enry) A(lbert) [ H(enry) A(lbert) Jones ] [ Henri, H. A. ] ( b London , 3 Jan 1865 ; d London , 15 Aug 1936 ). English baritone . In 1884 , with his wife, ‘Louie Henri’, he joined the chorus of the D'Oyly Carte company touring Arthur Sullivan's Princess Ida . In 1887 he deputized at the Savoy Theatre as Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore , and during the 1890s appeared at the Savoy in Gilbert and Sullivan revivals, playing mostly heavier baritone roles. He created roles for Sullivan and Edward German in The Rose of Persia ( 1899 ), ...
Cantelo, April Reference library
Alan Blyth
The Grove Book of Opera Singers (2 ed.)
...she also sang Blonde ( 1953 ) and Marzelline ( 1963 ). With the English Opera Group she created Helena in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream ( 1960 ) and sang Emmeline in Henry Purcell's King Arthur ( 1970 ). In Malcolm Williamson's operas she created Beatrice ( Our Man in Havana , 1963 ), Swallow ( The Happy Prince , 1965 ), Ann ( Julius Caesar Jones , 1966 ) and Berthe ( The Violins of St Jacques , 1966 ). She was a very gifted singing actress, demonstrating her skill as Manon Lescaut in H. W. Henze's Boulevard Solitude and...
