John Ayldon: another one to add to the Reaper's tally

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  • hmvman
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 1083
    #1

    John Ayldon: another one to add to the Reaper's tally

    Sad news for the D'Oyly Carte devotees among us.
    John Ayldon
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9895981/John-Ayldon.html
    John Ayldon, who has died aged 69, was a long-serving member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, singing all the major bass-baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas.


    Not many of the 'Old Cartes' left now!
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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163
    #2
    Ah! The Brian Blessed of the last D'Oyly Cartesians ("I think, therefore I ham") - I greatly enjoyed his Mikado, and 69 is no age.
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • hmvman
      Full Member
      • Mar 2007
      • 1083
      #3
      Yes, he had a big voice for a man of apparently fairly slight build. Sadly I never saw him perform live but have enjoyed hearing him on recordings. It must've been tough having to follow Donald Adams in those roles.

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