John Dethick, bass baritone, 1915-2000, to be was considered by many to be the oustanding interpreter of the title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah of his time. Born in Henley on Thames to Derbyshire parents, apart from two seasons in London at Sadler's Wells and two on the Spa in Scarborough, he lived in Derbyshire, his family's roots in the county dating back to the early Middle Ages. The first part of the book is a transcription of a recording he made...