SIR CHARLES SANTLEY (1834- )
, English vocalist, son of an organist at Liverpool, was born on the 28th of February 1834
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He was given a thorough musical education, and having determined to adopt the career of a singer, he went in 1855 to Milan and studied under Gaetano Nava
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He had a fine baritone voice, and while in Italy he began singing small parts in opera
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In 1857 he returned to London, and on 16th November made his first appearance in the part of Adam in The Creation at St See also: - MARTIN (Martinus)
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In 1858, after appearing in January in The Creation, he sang the title-part in Elijah in March, both at Exeter Hall
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In I859 he sang at Covent Garden as Hoel in the opera Dinorah, and in 1862 he appeared in Italian opera in Il Trovatore
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He was then engaged by Mapleson for Her Majesty's, and his regular connexion with the English operatic stage only ceased in 1870, when he sang as Vanderdecken in The Flying Dutchman
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His last appearance in opera was in the same part with the Carl Rosa Company at the Lyceum Theatre in 1876
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Meanwhile, in 1861 he sang Elijah at the Birmingham Festival, and in 1862 was engaged for the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace
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At the musical festivals and on the concert stage his success was immense
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In such songs as " To Anthea," " Simon the Cellarer " or " Maid of Athens," he was unapproachable, and his oratorio singing carried on the finesttraditions of his art
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He was knighted in 1907
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In 1858 Santley married Gertrude Kemble, and their daughter, Edith Santley, had a great success as a concert singer
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