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Robert Watkin-Mills
Robert Watkin-Mills (March 4, 1849 – December 10, 1930) was an English bass-baritone concert singer of the late Victorian era who in his later career moved to Canada. An early recording artist, he recorded selections from the works of Schumann, Handel, Wagner, Gounod and Mendelssohn for Pathé Records (1903) and Odeon Records (1907-8).
Early life and career.
Born in Painswick in Gloucestershire, he was the son of Mary Watkins (born
1817) and Thomas Mills (1819 – 1883). In 1869 he married Elizabeth Hore (1850-after 1891). Robert Watkin-Mills studied singing with Samuel Sebastian Wesley in Gloucestershire, Edwin Holland in London, and Federico Blasco in Milan. He made his professional singing debut at The Crystal Palace in May 1884 in a concert with Sims Reeves. In 1886, he sang the role of the Forester in the premiere of Arthur Sullivan's cantata "The Golden Legend" at the triennial Leeds Festival. He also sang in the