Ben Davies (tenor)
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Ben Davies was a Welsh tenor singer, who appeared in opera with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, in operetta and light opera, and on the concert and oratorio platform. He was spoken of as a successor of E
Ben Davies as Geoffrey Wilder in Alfred Cellier's Dorothy, circa 1887. Photo by Walery Studios, London.
Edward Lloyd (tenor)
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Edward Lloyd was a British tenor singer who excelled in concert and oratorio performance, and was recognised as a legitimate successor of John Sims Reeves as the foremost tenor exponent of that genre
Ben Davies (tenor)
…in opera with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, in operetta and light opera, and on the concert and oratorio platform. He was spoken of as a successor of Edward Lloyd, as a leading British tenor, and retained something of his style and repertoire in concert performance. He died on 29 March 1943 at his home at Ashwick…
Edward Lloyd, foremost English concert tenor of the 1880s and 1890s. The original performer of the 'soul' in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.
Edward Lloyd, 1899
Lloyd as caricatured by Lib for Vanity Fair, 1892