Sims Reeves

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:activeYears 1838–1891
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Covent_Garden
gptkb:Drury_Lane_Theatre
gptkb:Crystal_Palace_concerts
gptkb:Royal_Philharmonic_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1821-10-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Shooter's_Hill,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:West_Norwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Sims_Reeves_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1900-10-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Worthing,_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:debutYear Newcastle, 1838
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Sims_Reeves
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
gptkb:orchestra
gptkb:song
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sims Reeves
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ben_Davies
gptkb:John_Coates
Edward Lloyd
gptkbp:knownFor powerful voice
expressive singing
interpretation of English ballads
gptkbp:legacy regarded as the greatest English tenor of the 19th century
gptkbp:LondonDebut 1847
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor leading English tenor of the Victorian era
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Acis_and_Galatea_(Handel)
gptkb:Jephtha_(Handel)
gptkb:Judas_Maccabaeus_(Handel)
gptkb:St._Paul_(Mendelssohn)
gptkb:Elijah_(Mendelssohn)
gptkb:The_Creation_(Haydn)
gptkb:The_Messiah_(Handel)
gptkbp:notableStudent Edward Lloyd
gptkbp:occupation soprano
gptkbp:ParisDebut 1846
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:My_Jubilee,_or_Fifty_Years_of_Artistic_Life
gptkb:Sims_Reeves:_His_Life_and_Recollections
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bessie_Palmer
gptkb:Emma_Lucombe
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Tom_Cooke
gptkb:Alberto_Mazzucato
gptkb:Marco_Bordogni
gptkbp:voiceActor soprano
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Charles_Santley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6