Pears, Sir Peter
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...composers. Pears sang many premieres of Britten operas, including Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, Gloriana, and The Turn of the Screw. In 1974 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut singing Aschenbach in Brittens opera Death in Venice, based on the...