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.

Handel: Cantatas; Arias - 2019-07-12T00:00:00.000000Z

J.S. Bach: Six Cantatas - 2019-02-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981] - 2014-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981] - 2014-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Holst: Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda; Savitri; Seven Part-Songs; The Evening Watch - 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dring: The Far Away Princess and Other Songs - 2010-01-04T00:00:00.000000Z

The Dicky Bird and the Owl – Victorian songs and ballads - 2009-09-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Finzi: Vocal Works - 2007-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Finzi: Vocal Works - 2007-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Britten: Serenade, Nocturne & Les Illuminations - 2006-03-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen - 2003-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen - 2003-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, At the Tabard Inn & In Honour of the City - 1997-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, At the Tabard Inn & In Honour of the City - 1997-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, At the Tabard Inn & In Honour of the City - 1997-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, At the Tabard Inn & In Honour of the City - 1997-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 - 1994-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 - 1993-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins and The Threepenny Opera - The Sony Opera House - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Britten: The Turn Of The Screw - 1982-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Schubert: Die Winterreise - 1982-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn: Mass in B-Flat Major, Hob. XXII:12 "Theresienmesse" - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict - 1979-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn: Mariazeller Mass; Little Organ Mass - 1978-10-29T00:00:00.000000Z

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