Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (June 22, 1910 – April 3, 1986) was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten. June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... -1... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as the modern countertenor). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor and pianist. ...

He was born at Farnham in Surrey. He studied music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, but left without taking his degree. He later studied voice for two terms at the Royal College of Music. Castle Street Farnham is a small town (pop. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... College name Keble College Named after John Keble Established 1870 Sister College Selwyn College Warden Prof. ... College name Hertford College Named after Elias de Hertford Established 1282 Sister College None Principal Dr John Landers JCR President Stephanie Johnston Undergraduates 376 Graduates 224 Homepage Boatclub Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... // The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London. ...

He met Britten in 1934, when he was a member of the BBC Singers. Pears and Britten gave their first recital together in 1937 at Balliol College, Oxford University. They then travelled to America together. Upon their return, they performed Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets together at Wigmore Hall, and then recorded them for EMI, their first recording together. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall specialising in classical music in Wigmore Street London. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ...

Many of Britten's works contain a main tenor role written specifically for Pears. These include the Nocturne, the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, the Canticles, the operas Peter Grimes, Albert Herring and Owen Wingrave (the title roles), Billy Budd (Captain Vere), The Turn of the Screw (Quint), Death in Venice (Aschenbach) and the three Church Parables. The roles of Captain Vere in Billy Budd and the title role in Peter Grimes are both extremely conflicted characters, who cause the deaths of innocent young men. He was co-librettist for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the poem by George Crabbe The Borough. ...

His voice was controversial, the vocal quality being unusual, described as "dry" and "white". It was cruelly said that he had one good note, E-flat a third above middle C, which is why the crucial aria of Peter Grimes, "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades", is mainly written on that note. Its quality did not record well, but there is no doubt that he had unusually good articulation and vocal agility, of which Britten also took advantage.

He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in October 1974 as Aschenbach in Death in Venice. He sang regularly at Covent Garden and other major opera houses in Europe and the United States. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ...

He was also a celebrated interpreter of Schubert's Lieder, usually with Britten as accompanist, and a notable Evangelist in Bach's Passions. Franz Schubert. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. Typically, Lieder are arranged for a single singer and piano. ... Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 O.S. – 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together almost all of the strands of the baroque style and brought it to its ultimate maturity. ...

He was knighted in 1978. He died at Aldeburgh. Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ...