the works written for Pears by Britten, as well as a wide range of music by other composers. Working with other musicians, Pears sang an extensive repertoire...

role in the opera house, or on record, or both are Britten's partner Peter Pears, who sang the part at the premiere, and Allan Clayton, Ben Heppner, Anthony...

other venues on the Snape site. The Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, formerly known as the Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, provides...

by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was premiered...

he got to know Pears while they were both helping to clear out the country cottage of a mutual friend who had died in an air crash. Pears quickly became...

conducting, and as in many other Britten works, his life-partner tenor Peter Pears in a leading role, that of Quint. The original cast recording was made...

Halliday, who died in the war, were friends of Peter Pears and Britten, respectively. According to the Britten-Pears Foundation's War Requiem website, Dunkerley...

incidental music). Forster met Britten in October 1942, when he heard Peter Pears and Britten perform Britten's Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo at the National...

Diaries of Peter Pears, 1936-1978 0851157416 Peter Pears, Philip Reed 1999 - Page 6 "The programme also contained an arrangement by Pears of the Appalachian...

Burra and his twin sister Nella Burra were close friend with Peter Pears; Burra and Pears went to school together at Lancing College and then Oxford University...

17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Britten's domestic partner – the tenor Peter Pears – and Brain were the soloists at the first performance. They later recorded...

1976, and of his partner, Peter Pears, until the latter's death in 1986. It is now one of two headquarters for Britten Pears Arts, with the other being...

Festival, the joint Artistic Directors remained Britten, Pears and Crozier; in 1955, Britten and Pears were in sole charge, then the following year they were...

Crozier (1914–1994) and Peter Pears (1910–1986) founded the Aldeburgh Festival and Aldeburgh Music Club. He moved with Pears into The Red House in 1957...

includes myriad musical quotations as well as some complex forms. Like Peter Grimes and other works by Britten, this opera explores society's reaction...

until he died in 1976. Peter Pears asked her to stay on and she retrained as a health visitor, as well as looking after Pears until his death in 1986...

Dream, Op. 64: Opera in three acts, 144'. Libretto by the composer and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare. Premiered on 11 June 1960 at Jubilee...

Victoria de los Ángeles, Boris Christoff, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Peter Pears were all present in Edinburgh concert and recital halls from the beginning...

Britten Pears Arts - Britten Pears Young Artist Programme Aldeburgh Music - Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme Snape Maltings - Britten-Pears Young Artist...

with Monica Jones in Haydon Bridge. In July 1969, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears stayed at the Inn. Scenes in the fictional town of Stoneybridge in the...

tenor, flute, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord. It was premiered by Peter Pears in 1970. Poems from The Canticle of the Rose were set by composer Joseph...

– CEO of ServiceNow and former CEO of SAP. John Niland – NFL player Peter Pears – Tenor and Benjamin Britten's romantic partner. Resided at the home...

an opera, with music by Benjamin Britten and libretto by Britten and Peter Pears. This was first performed on 11 June 1960 at Aldeburgh. In 1964, a musical...

the English Opera Group. The original cast included Britten regulars Peter Pears and Bryan Drake. The United States premiere was presented at the Caramoor...

have in common to be written for voices, all including a tenor with Peter Pears in mind, as a result of "the personal and creative relationship between...

Pears is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aynsley Pears (b. 1998), English footballer Andrew Pears (c. 1770–1845), originator of Pears...

Lucretia on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Information from the Britten Pears Foundation Study Guide from Pacific Opera Victoria Going to the Opera...

translator and editor, closely associated with W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. After emigrating to the United States...

Rózsa at the National Opera Studio from 1985 to 1986. She won the Sir Peter Pears Award in 1982, the Richard Tauber Prize in 1984, and the John Christie...

Venice. The Australian tenor Robert Gard sang the principal role as Peter Pears was too ill, but the other major roles were sung by their creators (John...