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Description: | The recordings are of 'The Meistersingers' (Wagner) in English with Orchestra (75327) and 'Pagliacci - On With The Motley' (Leoncavallo) in English with Orchestra (76048). It is a black vinyl disc with a blue label printed with gold lettering, with a plain white sleeve. Columbia (L1228). Frank Mullings was one of a number of famous faces who sang at Central Hall on Ablewell Street, Walsall. He was born in Walsall in 1881 or 1882. He studied music with F.W. Beard and George Breeder, and became a successful tenor. In 1913 he went into Grand Opera, making his debut at the Prince of Wales in Birmingham. In 1914 he entered permanently the Thomas Beecham Company. In the history of modern opera, he will be remembered for the fact that he was the first to sing Verdi's 'Othello' in English. Frank is thought to have resided in Glebe Street for several years. He taught singing lessons in the crypt of Darlington Street Methodist Church in Wolverhampton, and at the Birmingham School of Music during the 1920s. In his latter years he resided in Manchester but returned regularly to the Midlands to teach. He died in 1985.
Gramophone record featuring Frank Mullings, the famous Walsall tenor. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Black Country Songs Music Disc recordings | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Frank Mullins | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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