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Howell Glynne (24 January 190624 November 1969) was an operatic bass. He was born in Britain but lived the latter years of his life in Canada, and taught singing at the University of Toronto. ==Biography== He was born in Britain as Howell Glynne Jones on 24 January 1906, in Swansea, South Wales. He studied under Ben Davies and Reinhold von Warlich. He made his operatic debut in 1931 as Sparafucile in ''Rigoletto''. In the 1950s he appeared at Covent Garden, London, and other venues in ''Boris Godunov'', ''Fidelio'', ''The Bohemian Girl'', ''Der Rosenkavalier'', ''Le coq d'or'', ''Aida'', ''The Midsummer Marriage'' and other operas,〔(Rob Wilton Theatricalia )〕 ''Die Fledermaus''〔(Templeman Library )〕 and ''La Cenerentola''.〔(Cinderella Bibliography )〕 He appeared as Fiesco in the English revival of ''Simon Boccanegra'', with Arnold Matters in the title role. In 1962 he sang Poo-Bah in a radio broadcast of ''The Mikado''.〔(Gilbertian Gossip, Summer 1994 )〕 He created the roles of Ford in the first professional performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ ''Sir John in Love'' (April 1946),〔(Michael Kennedy, The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams )〕 Joseph Lavatte in Sir Arthur Bliss's opera ''The Olympians'' (1949), and in Canada, the Hon William McDougall in Harry Somers’ opera ''Louis Riel'' (1967).〔(Encyclopedia of Music in Canada )〕 He appeared as the Ghost in the first performance in English of Humphrey Searle's opera ''Hamlet'', in Toronto in February 1969.〔(Quadrille with a Raven )〕 His students included Stafford Dean.〔(International Who’s Who in Classical Music 2003 )〕 His recordings include excerpts from ''Simon Boccanegra'', ''Merrie England'', ''The Merry Widow'',〔(The Merry Widow on Record )〕 and a complete ''Tosca'' (as the Sacristan, to Renata Tebaldi's Tosca). His first wife was Lena Williams. They had two children, Enid Mair Jones (born 12/24/1927) and Barbara Jean Jones (born 4/18/30). His second wife was Frieda Irons, a model. Frieda had one son by a former marriage, Michael, who legally changed his name to Michael Glynne, but was not formally adopted by Howell Glynne. He died in a car accident in Toronto in 1969. The driver who hit him was drunk.〔(BFI )〕 The Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada) endows a Howell Glynne Operatic Scholarship.〔(Royal Conservatory )〕 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「Howell Glynne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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