Edmund Hockridge

Edmund "Ted" James Arthur Hockridge (born August 9, 1919 in Vancouver , † March 15, 2009 in Peterborough ) was a Canadian opera singer (baritone).

Hockridge took piano and singing lessons in Vancouver. As a soldier in World War II, he was a student of George Baker in London and won an amateur competition of the Canadian Forces' Beaver Club in 1941 . This led to engagements for the CBC - BBC programs Maple Leaf Matinee (1942) and Johnny Canuck 's Revue (1942-45). He has also appeared on the BBC with Robert Farnon and the Canadian Army Orchestra , organist Sandy Macpherson , the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra and the Melachrino Strings .

After his return to Canada in 1946 he had his own shows on the CBC radio, which were also broadcast in the USA. He sang leading roles in CBC productions of thirteen operas by Gilbert and Sullivan (1948–49), by Don Giovanni and Peter Grimes (1949–50). He performed several times with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , was a guest at the Promenade Symphony Concerts in 1947, and sang the title role in Don Giovanni at the Toronto Opera Festival in 1950 .

In 1950 he went back to London and sang leading roles in Westend productions of Carousel (1950–53), Guys and Dolls (1953–54), Can-Can (1954) and The Pajama Game (1955–56). As a cabaret artist, he has performed in numerous cities in Europe, in Nairobi and Hong Kong. In 1974 he had a one-man-show in England in which he presented his diverse repertoire as a singer of operas and musical parts, songs and spirituals.

He appeared in a 1984 revival of The Sound of Music with Isla St Clair , and in 1986 was a partner of rock singer Suzi Quatro in a production of Annie Get Your Gun . With his wife and two sons he founded the Hockridge Family Singers in 1898 , which gave more than 50 concerts in the 1990-91 season. In his career, Hockridge recorded around 15 LPs and 20 singles with Decca Records , HMV , Marble Arch and Quality, among others . Hey There , Young and Foolish and Fountains of Rome became particularly popular .

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SURNAME	Hockridge, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hockridge, Edmund James Arthur (full name); Hockridge, Ted James Arthur (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vancouver
DATE OF DEATH	March 15, 2009
Place of death	Peterborough