Description

ROBERT MILLER EASTON (SUNDERLAND, 8 JUNE, 1898 – SURREY, 26 MAY, 1987)

 

 

 

 

He trained in London under Bozzelli, Dinh Gilly, and Plunket Greene. He made his debut in a radio broadcast in 1924. From 1926 onward, he frequently appeared at the Promenade Concerts in London and participated in the Leeds and Sheffield music festivals, as well as the Valais National Festival. He achieved particular success in 1929 as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah under Sir Thomas Beecham in London. In 1934, he made his debut at the Covent Garden Opera in London as Fafner in Siegfried. In the following season, he performed the same role in Das Rheingold, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, and in 1937, Titurel in Parsifal. Other roles he performed at Covent Garden included the King in Aida, Colline in Puccini’s La Bohème, the Hermit in Der Freischütz, and the Father in Charpentier’s Louise. He retained his voice for a long time and continued performing in concerts well into his 80s.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Henley Wings For Victory Week Special Pressing 1941
2. The Gay Highway (Drummond) Columbia WA 9152 5581 1929
3. The Floral Dance (arr. Moss) Private acetate 1950
4. Faust (Gounod) Garden Scene I pray you go with Miriam Licette and Heddle Nash Columbia DX97 WAX4833 1929
5. Faust (Gounod) Garden Scene Margarita! Ah begone with Miriam Licette and Heddle Nash Columbia DX98 WAX4838 1929
6. Faust (Gounod) I know… Look, there she opens the window with Miriam Licette Columbia DX98 WAX5430
7. Faust (Gounod) Is it here with Doris Vane and Heddle Nash Columbia DX 94 WAX 5338
8. Floral Dance (Moss) (as Graham Stewart) Broadcast Twelve 5032 LO116X
9. La bohème (Puccini) C’e Mimi with Stella Andreva, Heddle Nash, Robert Alva, Lisa Perli and John Brownlee Columbia LX 524 CAX 7686
10. La bohème (Puccini) Che ora sia with Heddle Nash, John Brownlee and Robert Alva Columbia LX 523 CAX 7685
11. La bohème (Puccini) Oh! come e bello e morbido with Heddle Nash, Lisa Perli, Robert Alva, Stella Andreva and John Brownlee Columbia LX 526 CAX 7690
12. Lute Player (Allitsen) (as Graham Stewart) Broadcast Twelve 5032 LO117X
13. On the Road (Longstaffe) Columbia 01772 A 9153 1929
14. Philemon and Baucis (Gounod) Vulcan’s Song Columbia 9210 AX 2331 1927
15. The Apostles (Elgar) By the Wayside, pt 1 with Labbette, Williams, Noble, Hubert Eisdell & chorus L1968 WAX2384 Columbia, London
16. The Apostles (Elgar) By the Wayside, pt 2 with Labbette, Williams, Noble, Hubert Eisdell & chorus L1968 WAX2385 Columbia, London
17. The Gay Highway (Lockton & Drummond) Columbia 01772 A 9152 1929