Thomas Lowe
Thomas Lowe (* 1719 ; † March 1, 1783 in London ) was a British opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Thomas Lowe began his singing career in 1740 at Drury Lane Theater . In the same year he also appeared for the first time in front of the Prince of Wales Friedrich Ludwig von Hannover , when he was at the world premiere of Arnes Masque Alfred with the final song Rule, Britannia! participated. Lowe was a member of the Covent Garden Ensemble from 1743 and 1748 to 1751 . He is known for the large number of roles that George Frideric Handel composed for him, for example in Samson , the title role in Joshua , the Zadok in Solomon and the Septimius in Theodora .
The music critic Dr. Charles Burney noted about him: "the finest tenor voice I have ever heard in my life, for want of diligence and cultivation he could never be safely trusted with anything better than a ballad, which he constantly learned by his ear".
Thomas Lowe lived for a few years in a property in Marylebone Gardens , where he also gave concerts. He sold the property to Samuel Arnold in 1769 after Lowe's voice waned and he could no longer perform.
Web links
- Thomas Lowe at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lowe, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1719 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1783 |
| Place of death | London |