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.
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Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (third group, 1909-10) - translated from the Sanskrit by Gustav Holst: Hymn To The Dawn - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
Robert Tear
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Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (third group, 1909-10) - translated from the Sanskrit by Gustav Holst: Hymn To The Waters - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
Robert Tear
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Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (third group, 1909-10) - translated from the Sanskrit by Gustav Holst: Hymn To Vena - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
Robert Tear
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Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (third group, 1909-10) - translated from the Sanskrit by Gustav Holst: Hymn Of The Travellers - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
Robert Tear
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Sāvitri, Op. 25: Sāvitri! Sāvitri! I am Death - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Sāvitri, Op. 25: Like a Spectre of the Forest - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Sāvitri, Op. 25: I am with thee - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Sāvitri, Op. 25: Then enter, Lord; dwell with Me - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Sāvitri, Op. 25: Loneliness and Pain are ended - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Seven Part Songs: Say Who Is This - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Seven Part Songs: O Love, I Complain - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Seven Part Songs: Angel Spirits Of Sleep - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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7 Partsongs, Op. 44: When First We Met - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Seven Part Songs: Sorrow And Joy - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Seven Part Songs: Love On My Heart From Heaven Fell - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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Seven Part Songs: Assemble All Ye Maidens - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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The Evening Watch, Op. 43, No. 1 - Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch -
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