Peter Pears

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Peter Pears was a renowned English tenor celebrated for his close artistic collaboration with composer Benjamin Britten and for originating many leading roles in Britten’s operas.

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instanceOf English musician
human
opera singer
tenor
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
coFounded Aldeburgh Festival NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Benjamin Britten NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1910-06-22
dateOfDeath 1986-04-03
educatedAt Keble College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Lancing College NERFINISHED
Royal College of Music NERFINISHED
employer Covent Garden (Royal Opera House) NERFINISHED
English Opera Group NERFINISHED
Sadler’s Wells Opera NERFINISHED
familyName Pears NERFINISHED
fullName Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears NERFINISHED
genre art song
classical music
opera
givenName Peter
hasSignatureRole Aschenbach in Death in Venice NERFINISHED
Peter Grimes (title role) NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
inspiredBy English song tradition
languageSpoken English
memberOf English Opera Group NERFINISHED
notableFor co-founding the Aldeburgh Festival
interpretations of Benjamin Britten’s vocal music
originating leading roles in Britten’s operas
occupation opera singer
tenor
voice teacher
partner Benjamin Britten NERFINISHED
performedWork Albert Herring NERFINISHED
Billy Budd NERFINISHED
Death in Venice NERFINISHED
Nocturne (Britten) NERFINISHED
Peter Grimes NERFINISHED
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings NERFINISHED
The Turn of the Screw NERFINISHED
War Requiem NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Farnham, Surrey, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED
recordLabel Decca Records
residence Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
taughtAt Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies NERFINISHED
voiceType tenor

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Benjamin Britten partner Peter Pears
Benjamin Britten collaboratedWith Peter Pears
Aldeburgh Festival founder Peter Pears
Aldeburgh Festival associatedWith Peter Pears