Peter Pears(1910-1986)

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Writer
Soundtrack

Peter Pears was born on 22 June 1910 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Billy Budd (1966), Distant Voices (1988) and The Looking Glass (2011). He died on 3 April 1986 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK.

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Billy Budd

8.6

TV Movie

Captain Vere

1966

Distant Voices

7.4

Soundtrack("O Waly, Waly")

1988

The Looking Glass

5.5

Soundtrack("The Turn Of The Screw")

2011

War Requiem

6.6

Soundtrack("War Requiem, Op. 66")

1989

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Death in Venice
6.1
TV Movie
- Special Appearance
- 1981
Owen Wingrave
8.5
TV Movie
- General Sir Philip Wingrave
- Col. Wingrave and Ghost
- Narrator
- 1971
Peter Grimes
8.9
TV Movie
- Peter Grimes
- 1969
The Burning Fiery Furnace
TV Movie
- Nebuchadnezzar
- 1968
Billy Budd
8.6
TV Movie
- Captain Vere
- 1966
Spring and Winter
5.0
- Singer (voice)
- 1951

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Born
- June 22, 1910
- Farnham, Surrey, England, UK
Died
- April 3, 1986
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK
Relatives
- Sue Phipps(Niece or Nephew)
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His operatic roles include: Captain Vere in "Billy Budd", libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier (after the story by Herman Melville ) , music by Benjamin Britten (Royal Opera House, London, 1952)

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Opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of the Aldeburgh Festival (which was inaugurated in 1948). He continued singing into his 60s, and after his retirement was active in teaching and promoting young singers at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh.

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