David Rendallo obituary: talented tenor discovered in BBC back room
Unknown to him, Roy Plomley and Ronald Cook, the show's presenter and producer, were in the control room with the microphones open. Suddenly, a buzz came through the studio speakers: 'Mr Rendall, I think it's time we had a chat.' Rendall feared he was about to be sacked, but was instead asked whether he had considered vocal training. He had not. With Cook's help and encouragement, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Music in 1970. Two years later he received his first review when The Times noted how he 'gave much pleasure' in a student production of Donizetti's opera Belisario.
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