1. Joseph Hislop was a Scottish lyric tenor who appeared in opera and oratorio and gave concerts around the world.
19 Facts About Joseph Hislop
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Joseph Hislop sang at La Scala, Milan, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, and the Opera-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.
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Joseph Hislop 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.
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Joseph Hislop was a pupil and chorister at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral School, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, under Dr Thomas Collinson and at the School of Arts where he studied photoprocess engraving.
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Joseph Hislop was aware of his vocal ability, but his chances of making a progression into the professional ranks of classical music were dismissed by Dr Collinson.
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Joseph Hislop was sent from Bolt Court to Gothenburg to introduce the latest photoprocess methods to a firm in that Swedish city.
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Joseph Hislop was taught by Dr Gillis Bratt, a medical throat specialist who sang.
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Joseph Hislop made very rapid progress, and appeared in a performance of Gounod's Faust at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1914.
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Joseph Hislop then went to Milan to further his training, and within a fairly short time he was singing leads in such major Italian opera houses as La Scala, La Fenice, Venice, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples and Teatro Regio, Turin.
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Joseph Hislop made his London debut at Covent Garden, as Rodolfo in La boheme, in 1920.
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Joseph Hislop was a great success, and he went on to receive acclaim for his performances in Rigoletto, La traviata.
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Joseph Hislop established a successful career in America, and first appeared in Chicago in 1920.
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Joseph Hislop toured in North and South America: he was warmly received in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
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Joseph Hislop made extended tours in Australia and New Zealand and South Africa.
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Joseph Hislop was appointed Professor of Singing at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm, remaining there until 1948.
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Joseph Hislop taught in London at the Guildhall and supervised singers at Sadler's Wells.
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Joseph Hislop was married twice, first to Karin Asklund and then to Nancie Passmore.
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Joseph Hislop died at his home, Lundin Links, in Fife, and was cremated at Kirkcaldy.
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Joseph Hislop had lived in Fife for a number of years with his second wife, who survived him.