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Aynsley Cook
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Thomas Aynsley Cook.
Born London, July 1831 (or 1836).
Died Liverpool, 16 February 1894.
English bass-baritone.
Aynsley Cook studied in Germany and began his singing career there. On his return to Britain, he made his debut at Manchester in 1856 with the National English Opera Company run by Lucy Escott. He then toured to the USA with this company.
From 1862-64 he was a member of the Pyne-Harrison company, working at Covent Garden. He stayed at that theatre for another couple of years with the Royal English Opera Company. The repertoire at this time relied heavily on the constant flow of new works by Balfe, Wallace and Benedict, in addition to popular European works translated into English.
Cook then spent the 1870-71 seasons at the Gaiety Theatre in London, where he appeared as Van Bett in the British premiere of Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann as well as popular French works by Auber (Fra Diavolo) and Hérold (Zampa).
These were typical of the roles he was able to carry over to the newly-established Carl Rosa organisation. He continued to appear regularly in their productions throughout the rest of his career.
His wife also sang extensively with the Carl Rosa company, and their daughter married the conductor Eugene Goossens II, so Aynsley Cook was the grandfather of the talented Goossens siblings - Sir Eugene, Leon, Marie, Sidonie and Adolf.
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fonte: operascotland.org