Joseph Hislop | |
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 Joseph Hislop, 1900 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Dewar Hislop |
| Born | 5 April 1884 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 6 May 1977 (aged 93) Fife, Scotland |
| Genres | Opera |
| Occupation(s) | Operatic and concert tenor |
Joseph Hislop (5 April 1884 – 6 May 1977) was a Scottish lyric tenor who appeared in opera and oratorio and gave concerts around the world. He sang at La Scala, Milan, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, and the Opéra-Comique, Paris, as well as forging a remarkable career in Denmark and Sweden, where he was made a Knight of the Dannebrog and a Knight of the Order of Vasa. He toured America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand on several occasions and made a large number of recordings, some of which are available on CD re-issues. Hislop is notable for having been the final teacher of the Swedish tenor Jussi Björling and for developing a number of fine British singers through his post-War work at the Guildhall School of Music and at Sadler's Wells. After retiring to Fife, he taught the Scottish baritone Donald Maxwell.[1]
- ^ Michael T R B Turnbull, Joseph Hislop: Gran Tenore (Scolar Press, 1992).