First he appeared as baritone and was trained
by Rutland Boughton, the founder of the Glastonbury
School-Festival, which took place at the small village Glastonbury in Somerset ,
England .
Then he changed to tenor after studying with the pedagogue Hermann Grünebaum and he was famous as an interpreter of
the parts in R. Wagner’s operas. In the 1922-1923 season he sang at the Covent Garden parts like Siegfried in ‘’Nibelungenring’’ and Walther
von Stolzing in "Meistersingern".
He had a significant career especially for his appearances in R. Wagner's operas
at the English operatic stages as well as at the concert hall.
Chronology of some appearances
1922-1923 London Covent Garden
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Crossing The Bar -Arthur Jordan - Tenor - 78 rpm - Tennyson Poem
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arthur jordan - away for rio (columbia3566) (1924)
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