Santley

Santley, CHARLES, baritone singer, was born in Liverpool on 28th February 1834, and trained as a singer partly in Milan (1855-57). He made his first appearance in England in Haydn's Creation in 1857, singing the part of Adam. Two years later he made his début on the stage of Covent Garden; and three years later still he made his first essay in Italian opera. He was even better known from his appearances at concerts and in oratorio. In 1892, when he had largely withdrawn from public work, he published his reminiscences, Student and Singer.