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unusual facts about John Charles Thomas


Five-Star Theater

The Josef Bonime Orchestra aired on Tuesdays with baritone John Charles Thomas.


Oley Speaks

Note: in spite of what is said above about Sylvia not being popular in the age of the gramophone, it was also recorded by a number of other prominent singers, including John Charles Thomas, Richard Tauber, Richard Crooks, Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Steber and Cesare Siepi, all of whom can be heard singing it on YouTube.

Philadelphia Civic Opera Company

One last effort to revive the company was made the following Fall when the company gave its last performance, Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, on October 30, 1930 with Aroldo Lindi as Canio, Helen Jepson as Nedda, and John Charles Thomas as Tonio.


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