Robert Radford Suggest updates
Born Nottingham, 13 May 1874.
Died London, 3 March 1933.
English bass.
Robert Radford had a successful career with the major British companies, singing leading roles at Covent Garden as well as touring with Denhof and Beecham. He was one of the founding directors of BNOC, working with the company throughout its existence.
He trained in London under Alberto Randegger at the Royal Academy of Music. His operatic debut, at Covent Garden, was as the Commendatore in 1904, though by then he had been established as a concert performer for five years. Later appearances at Covent Garden included Hunding in Die Walküre and Hagen in Götterdämmerung when Hans Richter conducted the famous English Ring cycles in 1908 and 1909.
Roles in Scotland
- Raphael an archangel
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Creation 1908
- Adam
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Creation 1908
- Fasolt a giant
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Rheingold 1910
Rheingold 1911
Rheingold 1913
Rheingold 1923
- Hunding husband of Sieglinde
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Valkyrie 1910
Valkyrie 1911
Valkyrie 1913
Valkyrie 1922
Valkyrie 1923
Valkyrie 1927
- Veit Pogner a goldsmith
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Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1912
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1920
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1922
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1923
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1925
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1926
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1927
- King Mark King of Cornwall, Tristan's uncle
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Tristan und Isolde 1912
Tristan und Isolde 1913
- Osmin the Pasha's overseer
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Entführung aus dem Serail 1917
Entführung aus dem Serail 1923
- Boris Godunov Tsar of Russia
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Boris Godunov 1917
- Sarastro High Priest of Isis and Osiris
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Zauberflöte 1919
Zauberflöte 1922
Zauberflöte 1923
- Ramfis High Priest
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Aïda 1920
Aïda 1922
Aïda 1927
- Méphistophélès the devil
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Faust 1922
Faust 1923
Faust 1926
- Father of Louise
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Louise 1922
Louise 1923
- King Dodon
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Golden Cockerel 1924
- Hermann Landgrave of Thuringia
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Tannhäuser 1924
Tannhäuser 1925
Tannhäuser 1926
- Herr Schlendrian
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Coffee Cantata 1925
- Friar Lawrence
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Romeo and Juliet 1926
- Gurnemanz a veteran Knight
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Parsifal 1926
- Don Basilio a singing teacher
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Barbiere di Siviglia 1927