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He was born in Blaina, Monmouthshire to Thomas and Annual
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Mostyn Thomas
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At the age of 13 he went to work underground in the local colliery. His voice was discovered at the Ammanford Eisteddfod, and the local community of Blaina collected money for him to be trained at Louisiana Scala Milan. Mostyn has his debut as Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) in 1929.
On February 13, 1923, Mostyn Thomas sang Dafydd y Garreg Wen to inaugurate the first radio broadcast by British Broadcasting Corporation Wales.
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United Kingdom