Dan Beddoe

Dan Theophilus Beddoe (16 March 1863 – 26 December 1937) was a Welsh tenor, particularly known for his performances in oratorio over a career spanning 50 years.

At the age of 19 he won the gold medal and First Prize in the National Eisteddfod of Wales and for a while taught singing in a school in Llwynypia.

[1] After hearing him in a concert, Walter Damrosch engaged him as the tenor soloist for the Berlioz Requiem which he was conducting at Carnegie Hall in 1903—Beddoe's official oratorio debut.

The following year he toured with Damrosch and the New York Philharmonic singing the title role in concert performances of Parsifal.

His made his debut with the society in 1905 as the tenor soloist in the US premiere of Richard Strauss's Taillefer conducted by Damrosch.