The British Musical Biography

[E] Burgon, William Henry, bass vocahst,
born at Croydon, in 1858. Studied under
Manuel Garcia, at the Loudon Academy of
Music. Made his debtit in oratorio, 1881,
singing in Bach's Mass in B minor (Bach
Choir), June 1st, and in Judas Maccabteus
(Sacred Harmonic Society), in November.
Has since sung for the principal choral socie-
ties in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, and else-
where. Sang in opera at Covent Garden,
1884, and afterwards joined the Carl Rosa
company. He was the original Ostap in
Thon:as's " Nadeshda " (produced at Urury
Lane, April IGth, 1885), and Count des Grieux,
in Massenet's " Manon," at its first perform-
ance at Drury Lane, May 7th, 1885. Of his
later assumptions are Cedric, in " Ivanhoe,"
1891, and Louis XII. in Messager's " La
Basoche."

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