Background
Hinshaw, William Wade was born on November 3, 1867 in near Union, Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Son of Thomas Doane and Anna Harriett (Lundy) Hinshaw.
conductor singer operatic producer
Hinshaw, William Wade was born on November 3, 1867 in near Union, Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Son of Thomas Doane and Anna Harriett (Lundy) Hinshaw.
Graduate Friends Academy, New Providence, Iowa, 1886. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, Valparaiso University, 1888, Bachelor of Music, 1890, Bachelor of Laws, 1897, honorary Doctor of Music, 1926. Studied singing in the United States and Germany.
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, 1901.
Teacher and choir leader, Chicago, 1890-1899. Dean of music department, Valparaiso University, 1895-1899. Debut with Castle Square Opera Company, as Mephisto in “Faust,” Saint Louis, 1899.
President Chicago Conservatory of Music, 1903-1907, Hinshaw Conservatory of Music, Chicago, 1907-1909.
Concert tours, United States and Canada, 1908-1910. Leading American baritone with Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, 1910-1913.
Sang “Wotan” and “Wandrer” in Niebelungen Ring Festival, Graz, Austria, summer 1912. Same roles 15 times in Niebelungen Ring Festival, Berlin, Germany, summer 1914.
Concertized in the United States and Canada, 1913-1918.
Created role of “Gloom” in Parker’s prize opera Mona, Metropolitan Opera, 1912. Created role of “King” in Parker’s prize opera “Fairyland,” Los Angeles, California, 1915. Opera producer, New York, as president Society American Singers, 1918-1920.
Opera producer with own company, giving Mozart operas in English, United States, Canada and Cuba (800 performances), 1920-1926.
Gave 1st Cuban Mozart Festival, Havana, December 1925. Gave 1st American Mozart Festival, Cincinnati, O., May 1926.
Member New England History Genealogical Society, New York Genealogical Biographical Society, Virginia History Society, Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Philadelphia, Friends History Society, Institute American Genealogy (fellow), Sons of the American Revolution Member Society of Friends. Mason (32°, Knights Templar, Shriner), Knights of Pythias, Elk.
Clubs: Apawamis (Rye, New York).
Married Anna Tannahill Williams, September 28, 1893 (died November 1905). Married second, Mabel Clyde, June 3, 1911. Children: John Carl Williams, William Wade, Thomas Doane, Anne Marie Wing.