Thomas Lowe (tenor)
Thomas Lowe (c. 1719 – 1 March 1783)[1] was an English tenor and actor. He appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and at Covent Garden, and frequently performed in London's pleasure gardens. He was particularly associated with the works of Thomas Arne and George Frideric Handel.
Life
Lowe sang as a child: in May 1732 he sang in Handel's oratorio
From 1742 to 1750 he was also in
From 1742 to 1744 Thomas Arne and his wife lived in Dublin,
From 1748, after the return of the tenor
He did not perform at either theatre after 1763; from that year he was lessee and manager of
His son Halifax Lowe was also a singer, making his first appearance at Sadler's Wells in 1784; he was said to have a similar voice to his father. He died in 1790, aged 28.[2]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17089. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d e Middleton, Louisa M. (1893). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 201–202. . In
- ^ A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.
- ^ "Singers" Vauxhall Gardens 1661–1859. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Squire, William Barclay (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 104–107.