Anthony Rolfe Johnson

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson CBE (born November 5, 1940 in Tackley , Oxfordshire , † July 21, 2010 in London ) was a British opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Anthony Rolfe Johnson studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London with Ellis Keeler and Vera Rosza. After completing his studies, he was soon awarded the Eva Turner Bursary Prize. He also received the John Christie Prize. The singer has given concerts with the most renowned orchestras in Europe and has given guest performances at leading opera houses. He worked with conductors such as Georg Solti , Mstislaw Rostropowitsch , Carlo Maria Giulini , Antal Doráti , Bernard Haitink , Colin Davis , Nikolaus Harnoncourt and John Eliot Gardiner .

Rolfe Johnson made his international operatic debut as Fenton in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff at the Glyndebourne Festival in southern England. His special voice allowed him a wide repertoire, so he was at home in the title roles in Claudio Monteverdi's operas as well as in Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred work, interpreted the operas of Georg Friedrich Handel , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn and was a celebrated actor in the Works by Benjamin Britten . His special devotion was also the German and English songs.

On the occasion of the Queen's Birthday Honors in 1992, Rolfe Johnson was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was a founding member of Graham Johnson's The Songmaker's Almanac .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony Rolfe Johnson . In: The Daily Telegraph . July 22, 2010 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed August 1, 2010]).
  2. ^ Margalit Fox: Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Farmer Turned Opera Star, Dies at 69 . In: The New York Times . July 27, 2010 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 1, 2010]).
personal data
SURNAME Rolfe Johnson, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Tackley , Oxfordshire
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2010
Place of death London