Carron (real name, Cox), Arthur
Carron (real name, Cox), Arthur
English tenor; b. Swindon, Dec. 12, 1900; d. there, May 10, 1967. He joined London’s Old Vic Theatre in 1929; also sang in London at the Sadler’s Wells Opera until 1935 and at Covent Garden (1931, 1939). In 1936 he went to the U.S., where he won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air, and made his debut with the Metropolitan on May 29, 1936, as Canio in Pagliacci; he was chosen to sing the role of Nolan in the world premiere of Walter Damros-ch’s The Man without a Country on May 12, 1937; remained on the roster of the Metropolitan until 1946; then returned to England, where he sang at Covent Garden until 1951. Among his other roles were Tristan, Tannhàuser, Siegmund, Otello, and Manrico.
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