Mary Ann Paton

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Mary Ann Paton
Paton, 1836 portrait by Thomas Sully
Background information
Also known asMary Ann Wood
BornOctober 1802
Edinburgh, Scotland
DiedJuly 1864 (aged 61–62)
Yorkshire, England
GenresOpera
Occupation(s)Vocalist

Mary Ann Paton (1802–1864) married names including Mary Ann Wood, was a Scottish vocalist.

Early life

The eldest daughter of George Paton, a writing-master at Edinburgh and amateur violin, and his wife, née Crawford, was born in

Haymarket Theatre in 1833.[1]

Mary Ann, aged eight, appeared at public concerts as a singer, performer on the harp and pianoforte (Giovanni Battista Viotti's concerto in G), and recited William Collins's Ode to the Passions and Alexander's Feast. The family settled in London in 1811, and she gave some concerts; but then took a break from performing. She had instrumental lessons from Samuel Webbe the younger, and after six years, began a career as a vocalist, appearing in 1820 at Bath, and in 1821 at Huntingdon.[1]

On the London stage

Mary Ann Paton as Mandane in Artaxerxes

In 1822 Paton joined the Haymarket company, and on 3 August tried the role of Susanna in the

Comedy of Errors, and Clara in The Duenna.[1]

Paton's reputation as a dramatic singer grew when, in 1824, she took the part of Agatha in

King's Theatre, where she sang in La Cenerentola and other Italian operas. Returning to Drury Lane, she took the part in 1832 of Alice in Robert le diable.[1]

Later life

As Mrs. Wood, she then went to reside at

Princess's Theatre and at concerts, in which her husband was also engaged.[1]

The Woods finally settled at Bulcliffe Hall, near Chapelthorpe, in Yorkshire, and it was there that Mary Ann Wood died, on 21 July 1864, aged 62.[1]

Family

Paton's father had insisted on her breaking off an engagement with a young medical man named Blood, who went upon the stage for a short time under the name of Davis. She married on 7 May 1824

Lord William Pitt Lennox; they were divorced in the Scottish courts in 1831. In the same year she married Joseph Wood, a tenor singer. She left a son, born in 1838.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Paton, Mary Ann" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Paton, Mary Ann". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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