He died on 16 July 1983 in Dunedin, New Zealand, and was later described by Opera Scotland as "one of the most important Scottish singers of recent decades".[1]
Referencesedit
^ ab"David Ward". Opera Scotland. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^"Desert Island Discs – Castaway : David Ward". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^Macy, Laura Williams (2008). The Grove Book of Opera Singers. Oxford University Press. p. 530. ISBN9780195337655. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
david, ward, bass, david, ward, july, 1922, july, 1983, opera, singer, with, bass, voice, david, ward, ward, born, july, 1922, dumbarton, scotland, during, world, royal, navy, trained, royal, college, music, under, clive, carey, from, between, 1950, 1952, appe. David Ward CBE 3 July 1922 16 July 1983 was an opera singer with a bass voice David Ward Ward was born on 3 July 1922 in Dumbarton Scotland During World War II he was in the Royal Navy and trained at the Royal College of Music under Clive Carey from between 1950 and 1952 1 He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 29 May 1967 2 and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE in 1972 3 He sang regularly at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden including the role of Wotan in Wagner s Ring Cycle His commercial recordings are few but include Wotan s Farewell from Die Walkure with the New Philharmonia Orchestra under George Hurst released in 1971 on Decca PFS 4205 One of his most celebrated recordings was as one of the soloists in Pierre Monteux s 1962 recording of Beethoven s Choral Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra alongside Elisabeth Soderstrom Regina Resnik and Jon Vickers He died on 16 July 1983 in Dunedin New Zealand and was later described by Opera Scotland as one of the most important Scottish singers of recent decades 1 References edit a b David Ward Opera Scotland Retrieved 29 July 2014 Desert Island Discs Castaway David Ward BBC Online BBC Retrieved 27 July 2014 Macy Laura Williams 2008 The Grove Book of Opera Singers Oxford University Press p 530 ISBN 9780195337655 Retrieved 29 July 2014 External links editWebber Christopher David Ward in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2019 https doi org 10 1093 odnb 9780198614128 013 111774 Opera Scotland profile includes list of major performances David Ward as Wotan on YouTube Die Walkure Royal Opera House Georg Solti 23 September 1965 Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Opera nbsp This biographical article about a British singer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Ward bass amp oldid 1222166443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
