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"I must have his eyes" - Herbert von Karajan said that when he first saw Peter Glossop on stage. He was searching for a baritone to sing Iago in his new production of Verdi's Otello and he had just been conducting I Pagliacci with Peter Glossop, who had become one of the world's most sought after Verdi performers after his legendary appearances in Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1964. Even the audiences at the La Scala Opera House in Milan had taken him as their favourite Verdi baritone of the day. Peter Glossop's times performing in the world's great opera houses are now vividly brought to life in his new autobiography Peter Glossop: The Story of a Yorkshire Baritone. There are memories of the Sadlers Wells Opera, the Royal Opera House, the La Scala Opera and the New York Metropolitan Opera. There are personal recollections of artists such as singers Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni and Jon Vickers; conductors Otto Klemperer, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan and James Levine; and directors Franco Zeffirelli, Luigi Visconti and Roman Polanski. There are discussions of some of Mr Glossop's most celebrated roles and an entire chapter is devoted to the performance of Verdi with analyses of roles such as Macbeth, Rigoletto and Iago There is also a chapter on Benjamin Britten, who selected Peter Glossop for the title role in his recording of Billy Budd. Prefaced by Lord Harewood with forewords by Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Edward Downes and Bernard Keeffe Publishing Details: Published: November 2004 |
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