Arthur Winckworth Suggest updates
Born Bath, 9 July 1863.
Died London, 23 January 1942.
English bass and manager.
Arthur Winckworth's long career was devoted almost entirely to the Carl Rosa Opera Company. He was, for many years, a leading interpreter of most of the bass roles in the company's repertoire. He later turned to administration, helping to keep the company afloat through the difficult war years.
Winckworth began his operatic career with the Arthur Rousbey company. Rousbey was a bass-baritone who had sung initially with D'Oyly Carte, before setting up his own business. As both leading baritone and later a conductor, Rousbey toured Britain successfully for a few years, employing several promising artists including a young Henry Wood.
The Carl Rosa management saw Winckworth when both groups were appearing in Glasgow, and lured him away to the larger company. Winckworth worked as principal bass with the Carl Rosa for the next twenty-five years, retiring from the stage in 1921. For most of that time he also took an active part as one of the directors, taking on this demanding role after the company's collapse at the turn of the century.
His wife was Marie Titiens, herself a successful soprano, and a niece of the great Therese Tietjens. They had one son.
Source: The Stage, 5 February 1942.
Roles in Scotland
- Charles II King of Spain
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Maritana 1891
- Raimondo Bide the Bent, the Ashtons' chaplain
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Lucia di Lammermoor 1891
- Sparafucile a professional assassin
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Rigoletto 1891
Rigoletto 1909
Rigoletto 1917
- Sir Tristram Mickleford Lady Harriet's cousin
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Martha 1891
- Devilshoof leader of the gypsies
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Bohemian Girl 1891
Bohemian Girl 1894
Bohemian Girl 1895
Bohemian Girl 1896
Bohemian Girl 1906
Bohemian Girl 1908
Bohemian Girl 1909
- Sulpice a sergeant of Grenadiers
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Daughter of the Regiment 1894
- Page Herr Reich, a Windsor merchant
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Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1894
- Clopin King of the Beggars
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Esmeralda 1894
- Dancaïre a smuggler
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Carmen 1895
Carmen 1897
- Mayor
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Son and Stranger 1895
- Daland a Norwegian sea captain
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Fliegende Holländer 1895
- Friar Tuck
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Ivanhoe 1895
- Colas a quack magician
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Bastien and Bastienne 1895
- Davie Deans a Cameronian, father of Jeanie and Effie
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Jeanie Deans 1895
Jeanie Deans 1918
- Hermann Landgrave of Thuringia
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Tannhäuser 1896
Tannhäuser 1899
Tannhäuser 1905
Tannhauser 1906
Tannhäuser 1907
Tannhäuser 1908
Tannhäuser 1911
Tannhäuser 1912
Tannhäuser 1913
Tannhäuser 1914
Tannhäuser 1915
Tannhäuser 1916
Tannhäuser 1918
Tannhäuser 1919
- Leporello Giovanni's servant
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Don Giovanni 1896
Don Giovanni 1897
Don Giovanni 1905
Don Giovanni 1906
Don Giovanni 1907
Don Giovanni 1908
Don Giovanni 1909
Don Giovanni 1910
Don Giovanni 1913
Don Giovanni 1915
Don Giovanni 1919
- Hunding husband of Sieglinde
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Valkyrie 1896
- Méphistophélès the devil
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Faust 1896
Faust 1899
Faust 1905
Faust 1907
Faust 1908
Faust 1909
Faust 1910
Faust 1911
Faust 1912
Faust 1913
Faust 1914
Faust 1915
Faust 1916
Faust 1917
Faust 1918
Faust 1919
Faust 1920
- La Balafré a sergeant
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Vivandière 1896
- Colline a philosopher
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Bohème 1897
Bohème 1918
Bohème 1919
- Heinrich Henry the Fowler, King of Germany
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Lohengrin 1899
Lohengrin 1905
Lohengrin 1906
Lohengrin 1908
Lohengrin 1909
Lohengrin 1911
Lohengrin 1912
Lohengrin 1913
Lohengrin 1914
- King Mark King of Cornwall, Tristan's uncle
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Tristan and Isolde 1905
Tristan und Isolde 1920
- Sir John Falstaff a knight
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Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1907
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1909
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1910
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1912
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1915
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1918
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1920
- Rocco gaoler
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Fidelio 1907
Fidelio 1908
Fidelio 1910
- Count Almaviva a Spanish grandee
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Nozze di Figaro 1907
Nozze di Figaro 1908
Nozze di Figaro 1909
Nozze di Figaro 1910
Nozze di Figaro 1914
Nozze di Figaro 1918
- Claude Frollo Archdeacon of Notre Dame
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Esmeralda 1908
Esmeralda 1909
- Padre Guardiano Franciscan Father Superior
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Force of Destiny 1910
- Lothario a wandering minstrel
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Mignon 1911
Mignon 1912
Mignon 1913
Mignon 1914
Mignon 1915
Mignon 1916
Mignon 1918
Mignon 1919
- Figaro the Count's valet
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Nozze di Figaro 1911
- King Solomon
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Queen of Sheba 1911
Queen of Sheba 1912
Queen of Sheba 1913
- Mefistofele the devil
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Mefistofele 1912
Mefistofele 1913
- Sarastro High Priest of Isis and Osiris
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Zauberflöte 1913
Zauberflöte 1914
Zauberflöte 1915
Zauberflöte 1916
Zauberflöte 1917
- Ramfis High Priest
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Aida 1914
Aïda 1915
Aïda 1916
Aïda 1917
- Merlier an elderly miller
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Attaque du Moulin 1916
Attaque du Moulin 1917