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on 5 October 1938. The words set for his solo are 'The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus,' the lowest-lying solo line of the work. He was also in the performance of the piece for the
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heard him and planned to involve him in the 1914 Norwich
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He always gave the greatest satisfaction when he sang in music festivals, and Wood felt that he could trust him with anything. He was one of the soloists in the original line-up for
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In 1934 he took part in a seven-month operatic tour in
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under John Acton (singing) and Walter
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auditioned him and at once offered him the title role in
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