Anthony Rolfe Johnson obituary

Mellifluous tenor outstanding in the Passions of Bach and operas of BrittenOne of the most attractive and intelligent tenors from the 1970s onwards, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, who has died aged 69, tackled a very wide repertoire. Its twin peaks were his Bach and his Britten. He was magisterial as the Evangelist in Bach's St John and St Matthew Passions, recording them both, and took on most of the operatic roles Britten wrote for Peter Pears, as well as most of his song cycles.As a boy soprano, he ...

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