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

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