Career
He received early encouragement from Sir Thomas Beecham, and sang in his 1952 recording of A Mass of Life by Frederick Delius. He was known as one of "the most Italianate of English operatic tenors". From 1957 to 1980 he performed leading tenor roles at London"s Royal Opera House and English National Opera.
One of his most famous roles was Verdi"s Otello, which he sang in Chicago, Vienna, Berlin, Naples, Munich, Venice, Salzburg, Turin, Lisbon, Düsseldorf.
Charles Craig was born in London, the youngest of 15 children. Only an elder brother who owned a few opera records was interested in music
Craig first learned singing by listening to Caruso"s recording of ""Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci.
