Roy Henderson (baritone)

Roy Galbraith Henderson ( born July 4, 1899 in Edinburgh, † March 16, 2000 in London) was a Scottish singer (baritone ) and music educator.

Henderson served during the First World War, in the infantry and then studied from 1920 to 1925 at the Royal Academy of Music, where he received include the Worshipful Company of Musicians ' Medal. In 1925 he debuted as Zaratustra in a performance of Frederick Delius ' Mass of Life by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As a result, he also sang in the initial reception of Delius Sea Drift and the premiere of his idyll. He also appeared in the premieres of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, Five Tudor Portraits and Serenade to Music.

As an opera singer debuted Henderson in 1926 in Verdi's Falstaff in a production of the British National Opera Company. In 1928 he made ​​his debut at Covent Garden as Donner in Wagner's Das Rheingold. Later he joined as Kothner in the Meistersinger and a herald on in Lohengrin.

Since opening in 1934 Henderson participants of the Glyndebourne Festival was where he Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, in the late thirties and Masetto in Don Giovanni and Papageno in The Magic Flute, as well as in a tour version of John Gay's the Beggar's Opera to Mr. Peachum singing.

He also served from 1932 to 1939 the Huddersfield Glee and Madrigal Society and founded in 1936 the Oriana Choir in Nottingham, which he headed until 1952. From 1940 to 1974 he taught singing at the Royal Academy of Music. His most prominent student was Kathleen Ferrier. In 1970 he was honored as a Commander of the British Empire.

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• Dictionary of Music: Roy Henderson
• New York Times, March 21, 2000: " Roy Henderson, 100, Scottish Baritone and Teacher "

• Baritone
• Singing teacher
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Born in 1899
• Died in 2000
• Man