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FOLI (FoLEY), ALLAN JAMES (1837-1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 599 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FOLI (See also:FoLEY), See also:ALLAN See also:JAMES (1837-1899)  , Irish See also:bass See also:singer, was See also:born at Cahir, See also:Tipperary, on the 7th of See also:August 1837 ; originally a .See also:carpenter, he studied under Bisaccia at See also:Naples, and made his first See also:appearance at See also:Catania in 1862 . From the See also:opera in See also:Paris he was engaged by Mapleson for the See also:season of 1865, and appeared with much success in various parts . He sang in the first performance. of The Flying Dutchman (Daland) in See also:England in 1870, and in the first performance of See also:Gounod's Redemption in 1882 . He was distinguished in opera and See also:oratorio alike for his vigorous, straightforward way of singing, and was in See also:great See also:request at ballad concerts . He died on the loth of See also:October 1899 .

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