Graveure, Louis, (real name, Wilfred Douthitt)
Graveure, Louis, (real name, Wilfred Douthitt)
Graveure, Louis, (real name, Wilfred Douthitt), English baritone; b. London, March 18, 1888; d. Los Angeles, April 27, 1965. He studied voice with Clara Novello-Davies. He sang in the operetta The Lilac Domino in N.Y. on Oct. 28, 1914. In 1915 he reappeared in N.Y. as Louis Graveure (after his mother’s maiden name) and became a popular concert artist, singing all types of music. On Feb. 5, 1928, he gave a concert in N.Y. as a tenor; from 1931 to 1938 he was in Germany; from 1938 to 1940, in France; from 1940 to 1947, in England. In 1947 he returned to the U.S. and taught in various music schools.
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