Harry Plunket Greene [SEP] voice type
Harry Plunket Greene
Harry Plunket Greene (24 June 1865 – 19 August 1936) was an Irish baritone who was most famous in the formal concert and oratorio repertoire. Making a great contribution to British musical life, he wrote and lectured on his art, and enriched the field of musical competitions and examinations. He also wrote "Where the Bright Waters Meet" (1924) a classic book about fly fishing.
Training.
Plunket Greene was born in Dublin, the son of Richard Jonas Greene, a barrister,
. The violinist Professor Kruse, who was then attempting to revive the Saturday 'Pops' at the St James's Hall jumped out of his chair and promptly engaged him, and it was Kruse who arranged for his first appearance in Edward Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius" early in 1904 as an addition to his "Beethoven Festival". Harry Plunket Greene, who had encouraged Elwes through this audition, also remained his lifelong friend.
The character of his voice.
Elwes had a voice entirely in the English