Gwynne Davies
The biography of Gwynne Davies is all bits and pieces so far. He was Welsh, made his first recordings in 1906, sang around the UK
in opera and concert; from 1920 to 1922, he sang a lot of roles for the touring Carl Rosa company: Hoffmann,
Faust, Rodolfo, Turiddu, Pinkerton, José, Canio, Radames, Lohengrin, Don Caesar de Bazan (Maritana) and Francis (Angelus
by Edward Naylor). At one point, he was "Principal Tenor of the English Opera Seasons at Covent Garden"; at least, that's what
he said about himself when advertising his services as a voice teacher in the early 1940s.
Reference 1: The Stage, various 1941 issues; reference 2
I wish to thank Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans.
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