Ben Davies

Born on January 6, 1858, Ben Davies became one of the best-known British tenors of his day. He was Welsh, and his career stretched across opera, light opera, concerts, and oratorio, giving him an unusually broad presence on the musical stage.

Davies appeared with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and also sang in operetta and light opera, while remaining especially admired on the concert platform. Contemporary accounts described him as a successor to Edward Lloyd, suggesting both his prominence and the style of singing audiences associated with him.

He died on March 28, 1943. Though not as widely remembered now as some of his contemporaries, he was a major vocal figure in British musical life around the turn of the twentieth century.