Walter Glynne

Walter Glynne (4 January 1890 – 29 July 1970) was a Welsh operatic and concert tenor who was also a popular recording artist.

He then left the D'Oyly Carte to join the Artists' Rifles during World War I while continuing to sing in concerts in London until he obtained a commission in the Welsh Guards.

[5] He was one of the first singers in the United Kingdom to broadcast in the new medium of radio,[6] which he did from Marconi House,[7] forging a successful career on the airwaves owing to the clear tone of his voice.

In 1921 Glynne gained a recording contract with HMV at the suggestion of the company's music advisor, Sir Landon Ronald.

Pinafore; sang Leonard Meryll and a portion of First Yeoman in The Yeomen of the Guard (1928) and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast (1929) under the baton of Malcolm Sargent.