The British Musical Biography

[E] Smith, Valentine, tenor vocalist, born at
Barnard Castle, Durham. Sang for some
time under the name of Signor Fabrini.
Joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company in 1885,
a'fter a successful operatic career in America.
In 1889 he organized an opera company, which
opened in London. The next year the com-
pany met with success at Hamburg and other
places. He brought out an English version
of Adolphe Adam's " Si j'etais Roi," for the
first time, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, February
22, 1893.

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