The British Musical Biography

[E] Clarke, Payne, tenor vocalist, born in
Man Chester, December 23, 1860. He sang as
a boy at_the Church of the Holy Name, Man-
chester, and subsequently as an alto and tenor
for some years. He studied under Dr. Henry
Hiles, and later with Mr. William Shakespeare.
After some experience in opera, he joined Mr.
J. W. Turner's Company in 1886, and later in
the same year was a member of the Carl Rosa
Opera Company, in which he remained for
three years, sustaining a number of characters.
In 1890 he appeared at Denver, U.S.A., as
Manrico, in IL Trovatore, and as Lohengrin
at the National Theatre, Mexico, in 1891. He
was singing in concerts in London, 1894 ; but
he is more widely known in the north as a
concert singer.

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