Joan Cross
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Joan Annie Cross was an English soprano, closely associated with the operas of Benjamin Britten, who wrote five roles with her in mind. She also sang in the Italian and German operatic repertoires, an
Joan Cross as Queen Elizabeth I in Britten's Gloriana
Peter Pears
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Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears was an English tenor. His career was closely associated with the composer Benjamin Britten, his professional and romantic partner for nearly forty years.
Joan Cross
…to undertake a successful revival of The Bartered Bride, followed by Così fan tutte with Cross as Fiordiligi, Owen Brannigan as Don Alfonso and Peter Pears as Ferrando. In a biographical sketch, Lord Harewood writes that Cross's management was skilled enough to ensure that the company emerged from the war…
Britten in 1965
Pears's grave in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh, Suffolk