Lowe, Thomas

LOWE, Thomas, favourite tenor singer, made his first appearance on any stage at Drury Lane, Sept. 11, 1740, as Sir John Loverule in ‘The Devil to pay’; Oct. 17 he performed Macheath, and Dec. 20 had the distinction of being the original singer of Arne's beautiful songs, ‘Under the greenwood tree’ and ‘Blow, blow, thou winter wind’ in ‘As You Like It’. He was the original singer of the following parts in Handel's oratorios;—Priest...