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Herbert Heyner (26 June 188218 January 1954) was a noted English baritone. Heyner appeared in a handful of operas, and a number of broadcast operas, but his stage appearances were predominantly in oratorio and songs. He sang in some notable performances of Sir Edward Elgar's oratorios under the composer's baton. He sang in Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Canada, and he sang at The Proms 59 times between 1909 and 1937, in songs and operatic arias.〔(The Proms Archive )〕 ==Career== Herbert Augustus Otto Heyner〔 was born in London on 26 June 1882〔''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th ed (1954), Vol. IV, p. 271〕 or 1882.〔(H. Saxe (Henry Saxe) Wyndham, ''Who's who in music: a biographical record of contemporary musicians'' )〕 He was a choirboy at St Botolph's Aldersgate,〔(Choirboys in History )〕 making his debut in that capacity in 1892;〔 he was also accepted for Lincoln's Inn Chapel.〔 He studied at Brighton House School and it was planned that he would become an actuary, but music had a greater pull on him, and he studied singing with Frederic King in London, Victor Maurel in Paris, and Karl Scheidemantel in Dresden. Maurel had believed Heyner's true range was that of a bass, but it proved to be baritone.〔 His first important appearance was in 1907, at the Queen's Hall.〔 On 27 May 1911 the London Music Festival closed with a performance of Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'', with Heyner, Gervase Elwes, Robert Radford and Agnes Nicholls, under Sir Henry Wood's baton. In 1912 he and the soprano Muriel Foster sang in a series of concerts at Queen's Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra, led by Arthur Nikisch, Willem Mengelberg and Hamilton Harty.〔(Music Web International: ''Elgar's Blessed Charmer – Muriel Foster'' )〕 At the start of the First World War, he volunteered along with many other musicians, artists and writers to join the United Arts Rifles.〔 (A Record of the United Arts Rifles 1914–1919 )〕 He was appointed temporary Second Lieutenant on 22 May 1915.〔(Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 May 1915 )〕 He saw active service and was seriously wounded in 1916,〔 but recovered and had risen to the rank of Captain by the end of the war.〔 Heyner returned to the stage in 1919. For the British National Opera Company he appeared at Covent Garden in five performances of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' in May 1922, along with Louise Kirkby Lunn, Clarence Whitehill, Percy Heming, Norman Allin and others, under conductors such as Percy Pitt and Eugène Goossens.〔(Music Web International, ''Walter Hyde – A Chronology'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Heyner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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