Watson, Richard Charles
(*1902)> BASS
Watson, Richard CharlesWatson, Richard CharlesRichard Charles Watson (* Adelaide, 1902), bass. After studies with Clive Carey at the Elder Conservatorium, in 1926 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where he studied with W. Johnstone-Douglas. He made his debut as soloist in Delius's Appalachia at Queen's Hall in 1929, and became principal bass at Covent Garden that year, but went over to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. from 1933 to specialise in Gilbert and Sullivan. He…