Sir Edward Downes
Sir Edward Thomas "Ted" Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was associated with the Royal Opera House from 1952, and with Opera Australia from 1970. He was also well known for his long working relationship with the BBC Philharmonic and for working with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra. Within the field of opera, he was particularly known as a conductor of Verdi. He and his wife, Lady Joan Downes, committed assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland on 10 July 2009, an event that received significant media coverage.
Genre: opera
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- Tosca, SC 69 / Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle"
- Rigoletto / Act 1: "Questa o quella"
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Un bel di vedremo
- Luisa Miller: Act II: The Intrigue: Scene III: Oh! fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Un bel di vedremo
- Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II: Scene 2: Il mio tesoro
- Werther: Act III: Pourquoi me réveiller?
- Lohengrin, WWV 75: Act III: In fernem Land
- La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Un bel di vedremo
- Kuda vy udallis
- Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
- Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
- Werther: Act III: Pourquoi me réveiller?
- Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
- The Golden Calf (Faust)
- Spirto gentil (La Favorita)
- Don Sebastiano, re di Portogallo, Act II: Deserto in terra
- La Favorita, Act IV: Spirto gentil
- La Favorita, Act IV: Spirto gentil
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