WOODWARD, SIDNEY

WOODWARD, SIDNEY. Concert singer (16 October 1860 in Stockbridge, Georgia; 13 February 1924 in New York, New York). He received his musical training at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied with Edna Hall, among others. He began singing professionally in 1890 and toured extensively that year in the South as a concert tenor. About two years later he attracted the attention of Lillian Nordica , a soprano with the Metropolitan Opera, who was helpful in advancing...