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Gwen Catley
Gwendoline Florence Catley (9 February 190612 November 1996) was an English coloratura soprano who sang in opera, concert and revues. She often sang on radio and television, and made numerous recordings of songs and arias, mostly in English. She was renowned for the clarity and agility of her voice particularly in florid parts, and her English diction was outstanding.
Biography.
Catley was born in London in 1906. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music, where her chief singing teacher was the tenor
Berlioz's "Te Deum" under Beecham's baton.
On retiring from the theatre and concert platform in 1928 Hyde took up an appointment as Professor of Voice at the Guildhall School of Music in London where his wife also was on the staff and where he taught a new generation of performers including Geraint Evans, Eric Shilling, David Lloyd, Norman Walker, Owen Brannigan and Gwen Catley.
Hyde died in London on 11 November 1951 at New End Hospital in Hampstead. In his will he left his widow £550