Alfred Deller
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Alfred George Deller, CBE, was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularising the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th century.
Alfred Deller's grave at All Saints' Church, Boughton Aluph
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Alfred Deller
…orchestras attracted some adverse comment regarding technique. In 1960, Deller sang the role of Oberon in the first production of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream. Britten wrote this role with Deller specifically in mind, although he was dropped from staged revivals of the work against the composer's wishes…
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the 19th Beijing Music Festival (2016)