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Ronald Lewis (baritone)
Ronald Lewis (16 January 1916 – 30 December 1967) was a Welsh opera singer who sang leading baritone roles at the Royal Opera House, where he was a Principal Baritone in the company from 1951 to 1967, and the Welsh National Opera. He created the roles of Jean in Arthur Bliss's ''The Olympians'', Bosun in Benjamin Britten's ''Billy Budd'', and Henry Cuffe in Britten's ''Gloriana''.〔Royal Opera House archives. (Ronald Lewis ). Retrieved 28 October 2013.〕
==Life and career==
Lewis was born in Pengam, a coal village in the Rhymney Valley in Wales and studied singing, piano and violin with his father Wyndham Lewis who was a choirmaster and organist at The Bont Chapel.〔
Lewis began singing with the Royal Opera in 1947, initially in minor roles. His house debut was on 30 January 1947 as one of the gamblers in Massenet's ''Manon''. In 1950 he took over the role of Herr von Faninal in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' at 48 hours notice and to great success. It was a role which he was to eventually make his own there.〔Jefferson, Alan (1963). ''The Operas of Richard Strauss in Britain, 1910-1963'', p. 94. Putnam〕 He appeared in over 300 performances with the company in the course of his career. Amongst his later roles there were Antenor in ''Troilus and Cressida'' (1963) and Alfio in ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' (1965).〔 At the Welsh National Opera his roles included the tile role in "William Tell," Escamilo in ''Carmen'', the title role in ''Macbeth'', and Scarpia in ''Tosca''.〔''The Musical Times'' (April 1968). ("Obituary: Ronald Lewis" ), Vol. 109, No. 1502, p. 362. Retrieved 29 October 2013 .〕 Lewis also appeared with the English Opera Group both on tour to Europe and at the Aldeburgh Festival singing the roles of Junius in Britten's ''The Rape of Lucretia'' (1954, 1959) and Pontius Pilate in Heinrich Schütz's ''St John Passion'' (1954).〔Britten–Pears Foundation Archive. (Ronald Lewis ). Retrieved 29 October 2013.〕 He appeared on television as Iago in ''Otello'', the Angel Raphael in Bliss's ''Tobias and the Angel'', and Michele in ''Il tabarro''.
Lewis died of cancer in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London at the age of 51. One of his last stage appearances was in July 1967 when he once again sang the role of Herr von Faninal at the Royal Opera House in a special gala performance of Act 2 of ''Der Rosenkavalier'' conducted by Georg Solti.〔''Opera'' (1968). "Obituaries: Ronald Lewis", Volume 19, p. 243〕
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