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- Ryland Davies was born on February 9, 1943 in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (1981), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) and Eugen Onegin (2007). He was married to Anne Howells. He died on November 5, 2023 in the UK.
- SpouseAnne Howells(1966 - 1981) (divorced)
- Opera singer (tenor).
- Notable students of him included Ian Bostridge, Jacques Imbrailo, David Butt Philip, Andrew Staples and Sam Furness.
- He taught at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music.
- In 1964 made his professional debut, at the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff as Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
- Davies had a long career at the Glyndebourne Festival, where he began in the chorus in 1964, then sang supporting roles such as the Major domo in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss in 1965, a Sailor in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and two roles in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in 1966.
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