Today's Birthdays in Music: June 22 (Pears, Tourel)
1910 - Peter Pears, Farnham, England; opera and recital tenor
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Peter Pears (as Grimes) sings "To hell with all your mercy" from the final act of Britten's Peter Grimes; Heather Harper as Ellen Orford (1969 TV production, London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Chorus, conducted by Benjamin Britten)
1900 - Jennie Tourel, Vitebskt, Russia; opera and recital mezzo-soprano
Biography & photos
Jennie Tourel sings "O sleep why dost thou leave me" from Handel's Semele
Wiki entry
Snapshot
Peter Pears (as Grimes) sings "To hell with all your mercy" from the final act of Britten's Peter Grimes; Heather Harper as Ellen Orford (1969 TV production, London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Chorus, conducted by Benjamin Britten)
1900 - Jennie Tourel, Vitebskt, Russia; opera and recital mezzo-soprano
Biography & photos
Jennie Tourel sings "O sleep why dost thou leave me" from Handel's Semele
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