John Coates

Picture of John Coates

John Coates sings The gondoliers: Take a pair of sparkling eyes

John Coates singsPhillida flouts me

John Coates sings Lohengrin: Dost thou not breathe with me the scent of flowers?

John Coates sings Lohengrin: O Elsa, think what joys thy doubts have ended

John Coates sings Die Walküre: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond
In RA format

John Coates sings Come into the garden, Maud
In RA format

I wish to thank Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans (Lohengrin twice, Phillida flouts me and The gondoliers).
I wish to thank Richard J. Venezia for the recording (Come into the garden Maud).
Repertory
does not include oratorios

The Bohemian girl (Arnheim) – Bradford, Bradford Operatic Society, January 1891
Maritana (Don José) – Bradford, Bradford Operatic Society, December 1891
Martha (Plunkett) – Bradford, Bradford Operatic Society, 1892
La fille de Madame Angot (Larivaudière) – Bradford, Bradford Operatic Society, 1892
Faust (Valentin) – Liverpool, Royal Court Theatre, 2 February 1893
Utopia Ltd. (Goldbury) – London, Savoy, 1894
Mirette (composer Messager) – 1894
Love and war
An artist's model
The geisha-London, 1896
The gay pretenders (Perkin Warbeck, first tenor role) – London?, Globe Theatre, 1899 or 1900
Olivette (composer Audran)
Tannhäuser (Walther) – London, Covent Garden, 15 May 1901
Tristan and Isolde (Melot) – London, Covent Garden, 18 May 1901
Much ado about nothing (composer Stanford) – London, Covent Garden, 30 May 1901
Faust – London, Covent Garden, 19 June 1901
Roméo et Juliette – Köln, Stadttheater, 7 December 1901
Lohengrin – Hannover, Königliche Schauspiele, 4 February 1902
Maritana (Don Caesar) – London, Covent Garden, 28 August 1902
Carmen – London, Covent Garden, 30 August 1902
Fra Diavolo – Köln, Stadttheater, 1902/3
Martha (Lionel) – Köln, Stadttheater, 1902/3
La dame blanche – Köln, Stadttheater, 1902/3
La bohème – with Moody Manners UK Tour, 11 October 1907
Aida – with Moody Manners UK Tour, 17 January 1907
Madama Butterfly – with Moody Manners UK Tour, 3 April 1907
The wreckers (composer Ethel Smyth) – ?, 30 May 1908
Dorothy, 1908
Les contes d'Hoffmann – London, Her Majesty's, 12 May 1910
Muguette (composer Missa) – London, Her Majesty's, 25 May 1910
Tiefland – London, Covent Garden, 8 October 1910
Siegfried – Leeds, ?, 30 March 1911
Götterdämmerung – Leeds, ?, 1 April 1911
La fanciulla del West – Thomas Quinlan Opera Company UK Tour, Liverpool?, 6 October 1911
Tristan und Isolde – Manchester, ?, 3 November 1911

Reference: The Record Collector, Volume 38, No.2, April/May/June 1993.

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