Bessie Jones (Welsh singer)

[2] In the college's 1911 production of Cherubini's opera The Water Carrier, Jones starred alongside George Baker under the direction of Richard Temple and Sir Charles Stanford.

[3] She sang at the Proms in 1913 under Sir Henry Wood,[4] and played Wellgunde and the Woodbird in Wagner's Ring cycle at Covent Garden under Artur Nikisch in 1914.

"[10] When HMV's earliest recordings of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas were made between 1918 and 1924 under the direction of Rupert D'Oyly Carte, Jones sang the roles of Peep-Bo in The Mikado (1918), Gianetta and Fiametta in The Gondoliers (1919), Kate in The Yeomen of the Guard (1920), Edith in The Pirates of Penzance (1921), Lady Saphir in Patience (1922), Celia in Iolanthe (1923) and Josephine in H.M.S.

[11] Also for HMV, Jones recorded Edward German's Merrie England under the direction of the composer in 1918,[12] and Puccini's Madame Butterfly in 1924, in which she sang Kate Pinkerton.

[14] In the concert hall, Jones's repertoire included Berlioz' La damnation de Faust and Bach's St Matthew Passion.