Clifford Grant

Clifford Scantlebury Grant OAM (11 September 1930 – 7 October 2021) was an Australian operatic bass singer.

Clifford Grant
Born11 September 1930
Randwick, Sydney, Australia
Died7 October 2021
Greenwich Hospital, Sydney, Australia[1]
OccupationOperatic bass singer

Life and career

Grant was born in September 1930 in Randwick, Sydney.[1] In 1966, he joined Sadler's Wells Opera company and on 20 December 1974 he had his debut at the Royal Opera House in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, in the role of Doctor Bartolo. His Metropolitan Opera debut took place two years later when he created the role of Emperor Phorcas in the Met's premiere of Massenet's Esclarmonde. He retired from the stage in 1990.[2]

He participated in numerous recordings of operas, such as Bellini's Norma, Esclarmonde, the collection of all late Italian operas by Mozart, Lakmé by Delibes, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, Puccini's Tosca, Verdi's Ernani, I Lombardi and Rigoletto, and Wagner's Ring cycle (sung in English, with Sadler's Wells Opera).[3] His performances were well reviewed.[4]

Grant died at the Greenwich Hospital on 7 October 2021, at the age of 91.[5][6]

References
  1. Jeanette Grant (5 December 2021). "A great performer with an equally great voice". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. "Clifford Grant". IMDb. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. "Discography of Clifford Grant". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. "The New Yorker". 53–54. 1978. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Clifford Scantlebury OAM GRANT Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald". Sydney Morning Herald Death Notices.
  6. Grant, Ruth Anders (7 November 2021). "Clifford Grant obituary". The Guardian.
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