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Glenice Halliday

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Glenice Halliday
BornMajorie Glenice Halliday
2 March 1926
Tring, Berkhampsted
💀Died19 April 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 94)
Aachen, Germany19 April 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 94)
🏳️ NationalityBritish
🏫 EducationRoyal College of Music
💼 Occupation
Opera singer
📆 Years active  1950–1987
👔 EmployerSadlers Wells Covent Garden Opera Company, Carl Rosa Opera Company, Hagen Opera
🏡 Home townHampstead
TelevisionBBC TV – Rigoletto and Music for You
FamilySimon Halliday

Marjorie Glenice Halliday (2 March 1926 – 19 April 2020) was an English mezzo soprano, opera singer. Halliday trained at the Royal College of Music for four years before joining the Sadlers Wells Opera in 1950, from which she was promoted to junior principal. She then sang various Mezzo roles at theatres around the UK and Ireland with the Carl Rosa Company. Halliday also did a great deal of broadcasting on BBC Television, BBC Radio Three, BBC Home Service and BBC Light,[1] participating in production's such as Emily Butter,[2] Riders to the sea,[3] Rigetto[4] and Brian Easdale's Seelkie[5] before moving to Aachen, Germany where she continued her successful career singing in Samson, Cavalleria Rusticana and Elekra until her last her last performance in 1987.

Roles

Halliday performed in the following roles

First performance Composer Work Role House Conductor Remarks Review
21 Sep 1950[6] Vaughan Williams Hugh the Drover Primrose Seller Sadler's Wells Theatre, London James Robertson 7 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
19 Oct 1950[7] Puccini Tosca Shephard Boy Sadler's Wells Theatre, London Michael Mudie 7 performances –Sadler's Wells Opera The Times 24/4/58
10 Feb 1951[8] Vaughan Williams Hugh the Drover Primrose Seller Sadler's Wells Theatre, London James Robertson 3 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
22 May 1951[9] Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Lady of the Court – Mezzo-Soprano Sadler's Wells Theatre, London James Robertson 1 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
8 Jun 1951[10] Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Lady in Waiting – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Third Programme – Sadler's Wells Opera James Robertson 2 Performances Sadler's Wells Opera
6 Aug 1951 Michael William Balfe The Bohemian Girl Gipsy Queen Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool Sir Thomas Beecham Covent Garden Opera Company The Stage 9/08/1951 Munster Express. The Cork Examiner
16 Nov 1951 May I Introduce Contralto BBC Light Programme Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
30 Nov 1951 Puccini Tosca A Shephard Boy – Mezzo-Soprano Sadlers Wells Sadler's Wells Opera
9 Dec 1951 Vaughan Williams Riders to the Sea A woman – Mezzo-Soprano    BBC Third Programme John Pritchard Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
22 Dec 1951 Puccini Madam Butterfly Kate Pinkerton – Contralto Sadlers Wells – London Michael Mudie The Stage 30/08/1951
17 Feb 1952 Verdi Rigoletto The Countess of Ceprano BBC TV Charles Mackerras
13 Sep 1952[11] Puccini Madam Butterfly Kate Pinkerton – Contralto Sadlers Wells – London Michael Mudie/Charles Mackerras/James Robertson 8 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
7 Oct 1952[12] Verdi La Traviata Flora Bervox Sadlers Wells – London Lee Quayle 7 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
5 Dec 1952 Benjamin Britten The Beggar's Opera Mrs Slammekin BBC Third Programme Norman Del Mar Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
5 Dec 1952 Benjamin Britten The Beggar's Opera Mrs Slammekin BBC Third Programme Norman Del Mar Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
19 Jan 1953 Verdi La Traviata Flora Bervox Sadlers Wells – London Lee Quayle 11 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
24 Jan 1953[13] Puccini Madam Butterfly Kate Pinkerton – Contralto Sadlers Wells – London Michael Mudie/Charles Mackerras/James Robertson 5 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
27 Jan 1953 Recital Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
28 May 1953[14] Rutland Boughton The Immortal Hour Spirit Voice – Mezzo-Soprano Sadlers Wells – London James Robertson, Sadler's Wells Opera New Statesman 20/6/53, Spectator 5/6/53, Stage, 4/6/53, Sunday Times 31/5/53,
11 Jun 1953 Vaughan Williams Hugh the Drover Primrose Seller Sadlers Wells – London Marcus Does 3 performances Sadlers Wells Trust in association with The Arts Trust The Stage 18/6/53 The Times 12/6/53
1 Oct 1953 Verdi Luisa Muller Frederica Sadlers Wells – London James Robertson/Charles Mackerras 10 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera New Statesman 10/10/53, Observer 4/10/53, Spectator 9/10/53, Stage 8/10/53, Sunday Time 4/10/53 Times 2/10/53
8 Oct 1953 Recital Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
3 Nov 1953[15] Sutermeister Romeo and Juliet Lover Sadlers Wells – London James Robertson 3 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
23 Dec 1953 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Sandman – Mezzo-Soprano Sadlers Wells London
4 Apr 1954 Brian Easdales Seelkie Seelkie – The Seal-Woman BBC Third Programme Patrick Savill Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd Glasgow Herald. "Brian Easdales music ... and provided vocal opportunities which finely realised by Glenice Halliday as the seal woman"
25 Jun 1954 Time for Music Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme Herbert Lodge
14 July 1954 Song Recital Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
14 Nov 1954 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC Home Service Patrick Sevill   
14 Nov 1954 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC Home Service, BBC Radio 3 Patrick Sevill   
23 Nov 1954 Music Mosaic Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme
14 Dec 1954 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC – Home Service Radio 3 Patrick Sevill    London Symphony Orchestra music David Swann, Orchestra Max Saunders
31 Dec 1954 Puccini Madam Butterfly Kate Pinkerton Unknown Michael Mudie/Charles Mackerras/James Robertson Sadler's Wells Opera
13 Jan 1955 Music from the theatre Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
9 Feb 1955 Il Trovatore Azucena The Cork Grand Opera Society
27 Mar 1955 Grand Hotel Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme
10 May 1955[16] Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Flosshilde – Rhinemaden. Mezzo-Soprano ROH Covent Garden Rudolf Kempe 8 performances Covent Garden Opera Company New Statesman 28/5/55, Observer 15/5/55, Stage 12/5/55, Sunday times 15/5/55, Times 11/5/55.
10 May 1955 Richard Wagner The Ring Flosshilde – Mezzo-Soprano ROH Covent Garden Rudolf Kempe 8 Performances Covent Garden Opera Company
27 May 1955 Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung Flosshilde – Mezzo-Soprano Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Rudolf Kempe Covent Garden Opera Company
30 May 1955 Recital Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service
17 Jun 1955 Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung Flosshilde – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Third Programme – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Rudolf Kempe Covent Garden Opera Company
4 Jul 1955 Concert Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme Arwel Hughes
21 Sep 1955 Rousseau Rousseau in England 'Le Devin du Village' sung by Glenice Halliday BBC Third Programme Patrick Savill 'Le Devin du Village' sung by Glenice Halliday
11 Jan 1956 Italian Songs Singer – Mezzo-Soprano Broadcasts by permission of Carla Rosa Trust Ltd
16 May 1956 Music for You – A programme of Opera Singer – Contralto BBC Eric Robinson
2 Jun 1956 The Bohemian Girl The Gipsy Queen Stanley Bowyer 2 Performances. The Cork Grand Opera Society
9 Sep 1956 Grand Hotel Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme Broadcasts by permission of Carla Rosa Trust Ltd
29 Oct 1956 Gioachino Rossini Barber of Seville Il barbiere di Siviglia Rosina Bartolo's ward – Mezzo-Soprano Bradford Alabama Anthony Addison 2 Performances – Carl Rosa Opera Company
7 Jan 1957 Song Recital Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
5 Mar 1957[17][18] Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana ? – Mezzo-Soprano Globe Theatre – Stoketon - on - tees Edward Renton Carl Rosa Opera Company
7 Mar 1957[19] Verdi Rigoletto ? – Mezzo-Soprano Globe Theatre - Stoketon - on - tees John Bell Carl Rosa Opera Company
9 Mar 1957[20] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser Venus – Mezzo-Soprano Globe Theatre - Stoketon - on - tees Arthur Hammond Carl Rosa Opera Company
18 Apr 1957[21] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser Venus – Mezzo-Soprano Sadlers Wells – London Arthur Hammond Carl Rosa Opera Company Opera Diary. "There was some good singing from Glenice Halliday who made a personable Venus".
26 May 1957 At Home Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
June 1957 Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza a village girl – Mezzo-Soprano Edward Renton and John Bell. Carl Rosa Opera Company
5 Jul 1957 Concert Hour BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme Lawrence Leonard
14 Oct 1957[22] Carmen Singer – Mezzo-Soprano Coventry Theatre Carl Rosa Opera
12 Dec 1957 World Premiere Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Vilém Tauský Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
23 Apr 1958[23] Bizet Carmen Carman – Mezzo Seprano Sadlers Wells – London James Robertson 2 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera
26 Mar 1958[24] Verdi Rigoletto Embassy Theatre, Peterborough James Robertson, James Balkwell, Edward Renton and Antony Addison Carl Rosa Opera
27 Mar 1958[25] Mascagni Cavallieria Rusticana Embassy Theatre, Peterborough James Robertson, James Balkwell, Edward Renton and Antony Addison Carl Rosa Opera
29 Mar 1958[26] Bizet Carmen Carman Embassy Theatre, Peterborough James Robertson, James Balkwell, Edward Renton and Antony Addison Carl Rosa Opera
20 Apr 1958[27] Mascagni Cavallieria Rusticana Santuzza The King's Theatre, Southsea Edward Renton Carl Rosa Opera
29 Apr 1958[28] Jacques Offenbach The Tales of Hoffman Les contes d'Hoffmann Voice of Antonias Mother – Mezzo-Soprano Sadlers Wells – London James Robertson 2 performances – Sadler's Wells Opera Times 30/4/58.
29 May 1958 Grand Hotel Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Light Programme Broadcasts by permission of Carla Rosa Trust Ltd
29 May 1958 Grand Hotel Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
13 July 1958 Concert Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Rae Jenkins
1 Dec 1958 Concert Hour Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Leo Wurmser
25 Dec 1958 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC Home Service, BBC Radio 3 Patrick Sevill    London Symphony Orchestra music David Swann, Orchestra Max Saunders
1 Jan 1960 Die Lustigen Wieber von Windsor Ortrud Stadtische Buchen Flenburgs Opera
15 Nov 1960 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC Home Service Radio 3 Patrick Sevill    London Symphony Orchestra music David Swann, Orchestra Max Saunders
24 Aug 1961 Concert Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Rae Jenkins
18 Nov 1961 Variety Playhouse Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Vic Oliver Orchestra Leader John Jezard
13 Jan 1962 Variety Playhouse Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Vic Oliver Orchestra Leader John Jezard
30 Mar 1962 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC – Home Service Radio 3 Patrick Sevill    London Symphony Orchestra music David Swann, Orchestra Max Saunders
27 Apr 1962[29] The Carl Rosa Opera Group Singer – Mezzo-Soprano Battersea Town Hall The Carl Rosa Opera Group
3 Nov 1962 Variety Playhouse Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Vic Oliver Orchestra Leader John Jezard
3 Nov 1962 Variety Playhouse Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Vic Oliver Orchestra Leader John Jezard
27 May 1963 Somewhere a voice is calling Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service
24 Feb 1964 Concert Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Rae Jenkins
11 Mar 1964 Gluck Iphigenia in Aulis Clytemnestra St Pancrea's Town Hall Franz Manton Philopera Circle The Stage. 19 Mar 1964. Gluck Opera Revived "Glenice Halliday Sang Clytemnestra with a matronly warmth suitable to the part".
28 May 1964 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC – Home Service Radio 3 Patrick Sevill   
13 Aug 1964 Ring up the curtain Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service
11 Jan 1965 Ring up the curtain Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service
27 Feb 1965 Music of the masters Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Arwel Hughes
22 Aug 1965 Grand Hotel Singer – Mezzo-Soprano BBC Home Service Broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd
8 Nov 1969 Samson Mikah – Alt Germany? 2 performances
5 Jan 1973 Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Mamma Lucia
29 Sep 1979 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Figaro's Wedding Marcellina – Mezzo-Soprano Netherlands Raymond Warren
Jan 81 Gluck Eleckra Clytemnestra
1984 Kurt Weill Mahagonny Songspiel Mezzo-Soprano Theater Oberhausen, Germany
12 Jun 1987 Donald Swann Emily Butter – "An Occasion Recalled" Henry Reed Dorothy – Mezzo-Soprano    ROH – Covent Garden BBC – Home Service Radio 3 Patrick Sevill   

References

  1. ↑ "Glenice Halliday". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Emily Butter". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Riders to the Sea". BBC Genome Project. BBC.
  4. ↑ "Rigoletto". Genome. BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Seelkie". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Waring, J.P. (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  7. ↑ Waring, J.P (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  8. ↑ Waring, J.P. (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  9. ↑ Royal Opera House. "Dido and Aeneas - 22 May 1951 Evening". ROH Collections. Royal Opera House. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Dido ad Aeneas". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Waring, J.P (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  12. ↑ Waring, J.P (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  13. ↑ Waring, J.P. (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  14. ↑ Waring, J.P (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 232. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  15. ↑ Waring, J.P. (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  16. ↑ Waring, J.P. (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 371. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  17. ↑ Carl Rosa Opera (1957). "Heritage Stockton" (PDF): 14. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  18. ↑ Waring, J.P (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 497. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  19. ↑ Carl Rosa Opera (1957). "Heritage Stockton" (PDF): 14. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  20. ↑ Carl Rosa Opera (1957). "Heritage Stockton" (PDF): 6, 14. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  21. ↑ Waring, J.P (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 497. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  22. ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph (12 Oct 1957). "Week of Opera for Coventry". Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  23. ↑ Waring, J.P. (2014). The London stage 1950-1959 : a calendar of productions, performers, and personnel. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9780810893078. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Search this book on
  24. ↑ Peterborough Advertiser (21 Mar 1958). "The Carl Rosa Opera" (Print). Johnston Press Plc. p. 17. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  25. ↑ Peterborough Advertiser (21 Mar 1958). "The Carl Rosa Opera" (Print). Johnston Press Plc. p. 17. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  26. ↑ Peterborough Advertiser (21 Mar 1958). "The Carl Rosa Opera" (Print). Johnston Press Plc. p. 17. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  27. ↑ Hampshire Telegraph (11 April 1958). "Carla Rosa Company at the Kings Next Week". Hampshire Telegraph. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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  29. ↑ "The Carla Rosa Group". Norwood News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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