Charles Santley

Charles Santley ( born February 28, 1834 in Liverpool, † September 22, 1922 in London ) was an English opera and oratorio singer (baritone ).

Santley studied from 1855 to 1857 in Milan by Gaetano Nava. He debuted in 1857 as an oratorio singer at St. Martin 's Hall in the role of Adam in Haydn's Creation, in the following year he sang at Exeter Hall in the title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah. His debut as an opera singer, he gave in 1859 at the Covent Garden Opera in Giacomo Meyerbeer as Hoël comic opera Dinorah ou Le Pardon de Ploërmel.

In the English premiere of Charles Gounod's Faust Santley sang Valentin, 1868, the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1870 in Manchester and London, the title role in The Flying Dutchman, the first performance of a Wagner opera in England. 1865-66 he was a guest at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. With a performance of The Flying Dutchman at the Lyceum Theatre, he said goodbye to 1876 by the opera stage.

As an oratorio singer Santley was still active and has appeared the Birmingham Festival and the Handel Festival in London. In addition, he made ​​himself as a singer song a name. In 1903, he took a few ballads in the Gramophone Company, later was also recording with Columbia Records. In 1907 he was elevated to the Adelsdstand. In 1911 he gave his farewell performance, but were still 1915, a concert in Belgium. He wrote several textbooks vocals and two autobiographical works. His sister Kate Santley was known as a singer and actress, his daughter Edith Santley also as a singer.

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• Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911, Volume 24 P. 194
• New York Times, September 23, 1922 - Obituary
• The Arts: Fine Art, Contemporary Art & Music - Charles Santley (Sir Charles Santley ) Biography

• Singer of classical music
• Baritone
• Born in 1834
• Died in 1922
• Man