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Heddle Nash
William Heddle Nash (14 June 189414 August 1961) was an English lyric tenor who appeared in opera and oratorio in the middle decades of the twentieth century. He also made numerous recordings that are still available on CD reissues.
Nash's voice was of the light tenor class known as "tenore di grazia". The critic J. B. Steane referred to him as "the English lyric tenor "par excellence", without equal then or now." He appeared in tenor roles in operas by Mozart,
Naxos Records 8.110863.
- Mozart's "Così fan tutte", with Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Irene Eisinger (Despina), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Guglielmo), John Brownlee (Alfonso). Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, conductor Fritz Busch. First complete studio recording of this opera, 1936. His Master's Voice, later also Naxos Records 8.110280-81. (Remastered Version, 2004)
- Mozart's "Don Giovanni", with