Robert Tear
Robert Tear, CBE (8 March 1939 – 29 March 2011) was a Welsh tenor singer, teacher and conductor. He first became known singing in the operas of Benjamin Britten in the mid-1960s. From the 1970s until his retirement in 1999 his main operatic base was the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; he appeared with other opera companies in the UK, mainland Europe, the US and Australia. Generally avoiding the Italian repertoire, which did not suit his voice, Tear became known in leading and character roles in German, British and Russian operas. Tear's concert repertoire was wide, extending from music from the 17th century to contemporary works by Britten, Tippett and others. He conducted for some years from the mid-1980s, but found himself temperamentally unsuited to it. As a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music he was happier, and was well regarded by colleagues and pupils.
Genre: classical-tenor
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- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
- Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: Trio and Chorus. "The Heavens Are Telling" (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
- Le rossignol (The Nightingale): Scene 1 (The Forest at Dawn): Nightingale's Aria
- Mass In C, Op. 86: 1. Kyrie
- Britten: On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne. "Now Through Night's Caressing Grip"
- Britten: On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne. "Now Through Night's Caressing Grip"
- Lulu, Act I: Darf ich eintreten? – Mein Sohn! – Wie ist dir?
- Lulu, Act I: Machen Sie auf! – [Interlude] Wollen Sie mir zuhaken
- Le nozze di Figaro / Act 2: "Voi signor, che giusto siete"
- Le nozze di Figaro / Act 1: "Giovani liete" - "Cos'è questa commedia?" - "Giovani liete" - "Evviva!"
- Le nozze di Figaro / Act 1: "Cosa sento! tosto andate" - "Basilio, in traccia tosto"
- Le nozze di Figaro / Act 1: "Ah, son perduto!"
- The Cunning Little Vixen, Act I. How Sharp-Ears was Caught: Come on, old lady, and let's get the show started (Cricket, Catepillar
- Lulu, Act I: Monoritmica Nun? – Du hast eine halbe Million geheiratet
- Lulu, Act I: Was tut denn Ihr Vater da? Sonata. Wenn ich ihr Mann wäre
- Lulu, Act I: Eva! – Befehlen? – Ich finde, du siehst heute reizend aus
- Le nozze di Figaro / Act 4: "Gente, gente, all'armi"
- Le nozze di Figaro / Act 4: "In quegli anni in cui val poco"
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