# Arthur Carron
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{{Short description|British opera singer}}
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{{Infobox people
| name = Arthur Carron
| birth_name = Arthur Cox
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1900|12|12}}
| birth_place = [Swindon](/source/Swindon)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1967|5|10|1900|12|12}}
| occupation = Opera singer ([heldentenor](/source/heldentenor))
| years_active = 1929–1952
| children = 2
}}
'''Arthur Carron''' (12 December 1900 – 10 May 1967) was an English operatic [heldentenor](/source/heldentenor).
Carron was born in [Swindon](/source/Swindon), United Kingdom. In his early career, he was also known as '''Arthur Cox''' which was and remained his given legal name.[{{cite news | url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/July%201967/23/769393/HERE+AND+THERE#header-logo | title=Here and There / Obituary | publisher=[Gramophone](/source/Gramophone_(magazine)) | date=July 1967 | first=Roger | last=Wimbush | page=23 | accessdate=2009-11-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303184335/http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/July%201967/23/769393/HERE+AND+THERE#header-logo | archive-date=3 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}]
== Career ==
Arthur Carron studied under [Florence Easton](/source/Florence_Easton) and made his [opera](/source/opera)tic debut at the [Old Vic](/source/Old_Vic) as [Tannhäuser](/source/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera)) in 1929. In 1931 he became the Old Vic company's leading tenor when it moved to [Sadler's Wells Theatre](/source/Sadler's_Wells_Theatre). His roles at Sadler's Wells included [Fra Diavolo](/source/Fra_Diavolo_(opera)), Manrico of ''[Il trovatore](/source/Il_trovatore)'', Radames of ''[Aida](/source/Aida)'', Cavaradossi of ''[Tosca](/source/Tosca)'', and [Otello](/source/Otello_(Verdi)). In 1936 he made his [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera) debut as Canio in ''[Pagliacci](/source/Pagliacci)''. He remained at the Metropolitan until 1946, creating the role of Nolan in [Damrosch](/source/Walter_Johannes_Damrosch)'s ''[The Man Without a Country](/source/The_Man_Without_a_Country_(opera))'' in 1937. Other roles there included Siegmund of ''[Die Walküre](/source/Die_Walk%C3%BCre)'', Tristan of ''[Tristan und Isolde](/source/Tristan_und_Isolde)'', Florestan of ''[Fidelio](/source/Fidelio)'', and Herod of ''[Salome](/source/Salome_(opera))''. The last six years of his career were spent at [Covent Garden](/source/Royal_Opera_House) where he retired from in 1952.
He was also a founding member of the Swindon Amateur Light Operatic Society in 1952 and was the producer of their first production [The Arcadians](/source/The_Arcadians_(musical)) at The Empire Theatre in Swindon the same year. He did not appear on stage himself but was involved backstage and held the auditions at his house in Bath Road.[{{Cite web |title=Arthur Carron |url=https://www.swindonheritageblueplaques.com/arthur-carron.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=SWINDON HERITAGE BLUE PLAQUES |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=About Us – SALOS – Swindon's Musical Theatre Company |url=https://www.salos.org/about-us/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |language=en-GB}}]
== Commemoration ==
In November 2022 a [blue plaque](/source/blue_plaque) to Arthur Carron was installed on his home 79 Bath Road Swindon by Swindon Heritage and unveiled by his son Byron.[{{Cite web |title=The unbelieveable story of the opera star from Swindon that starred in New York |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23137665.arthur-carron-swindon-opera-star-honoured-blue-plaque/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Swindon Advertiser |language=en}}]