Description

BENJAMIN BEN DAVIES (PONTARDAWE, SWANSEA, 6 JANUARY, 1858 – BATH, BRISTOL, 28 MARCH, 1943)

 

 

 

 

He was a pupil of Alberto Randegger in London. In 1879, he gave his first concert in Dublin. He made his debut in 1881 as a member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company in Birmingham, performing in Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1881-1887 England Carl Rosa Opera Company

1884 London Drury Lane Theatre ‘’The Canterbury Pilgrims’’

1891 London Royal English Opera House ‘’Ivanhoe’’

1893 London Covent Garden ‘’Signa’’

1893 North American tour

1894 Prague Concert

1897 Germany Concert

1897 Amsterdam Concert

1898 Cincinnati Concert

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Come into my garden, Maud (Balfe) HMV 02482 z7384f
2. Drink to me only with thine eyes (words Ben Jonson) Columbia 7351 75947
3. Faust (Gounod) Salve dimora G&T 02004 36c
4. I’ll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) Columbia 7351 75956
5. I’ll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) G&T 2-2501 1121b
6. I’ll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) HMV 02477 z7383f
7. Oh, that we two were maying (Nevin) (w. Kirkby-Lunn) Pathé 76506
8. Doris (Cellier) So fare thee well 2-2781 2725b G&T, London 1902-11-11
9. The May Night (Die Mainacht) (Brahms) E349 (5-2972) HMV, London 1924-05-01
10. In Summer Fields (Feldeinsamkeit) (Brahms) E349 (5-2973) HMV, London 1924-05-01
11. The Oddities (Dibdin) Tom Bowling Columbia 7159 75949
12. To Mary (White) G&T 2-2778 2720b
13. The sailor’s grave (Sullivan) 2-2782 2727b G&T, London 1902-11-11
14. Trovatore (Verdi) Home to our mountains (w. Kirkby-Lunn) Pathé 76505