what's wrong with it, and now what are you going to do about it?' Amid the general laughter his anger soon evaporated. He is said to have been an inveterate gambler, and a successful one, and to have visited Monte Carlo annually. Signor Foli died very suddenly in October 1899 at Southport, having gone to Liverpool to see off Miss Clara Butt, who was sailing for America on a tour. Having been a frequent and successful operator on the Stock Exchange, he left his wife Rosita and his brothers and his two sisters (who lived at Tacoma, Washington) well provided for. The estate led to a lawsuit. Following his example, the great Irish tenor John McCormack (who married Lily Foley) took the stage name 'Giovanni Foli' for his Italian operatic début at Savona in 1906. Notes 1837 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Irish male opera singers Musicians from County Tipperary 19th-century British male opera singers Operatic basses People from Cahir