William Castle (tenor)

William Castle
William Castle as Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore
Born22 December 1836 Edit this on Wikidata
Wallingford Edit this on Wikidata
Died31 March 1909 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 72)
Chicago Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationSinger Edit this on Wikidata

William Castle (22 December 1836 — 31 March 1909)[1] was an English tenor who was active mainly in the United States during the mid to late 19th century. He appeared in several English language operettas and operas on Broadway during the 1860s, and later returned to Broadway in 1886 to star as Sándor Barinkay in the United States premiere of Johann Strauss II's The Gypsy Baron. Historian Kurt Gänzl described Castle as the "most popular operatic tenor of the Victorian era on the English-language stages of America".

  1. ^ Kurt Gänzl (2017). "CASTLE, William [James] (b St Mary le More parish, Wallingford, Berkshire, 22 December 1836; d 442 West Adams, Chicago, 31 March 1909)". Victorian Vocalists. Routledge. pp. 151–155. doi:10.4324/9781315102962-19. ISBN 9781315102962.