Peter Glossop
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Peter Glossop (born on July 6, 1928) is a British baritone, particularly associated with Verdi roles, especially Rigoletto and Iago.
[edit] Life and career
Born in Sheffield, he was working as a bank clerk while studying voice privately with Leonard Mosley. In 1952, he joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre as a chorister, but soon began singing principal roles: Figaro, Rigoletto, Luna, Gérard, Scarpia, Onegin, etc.
In 1961, he made his debut at the Royal Opera House, as Demetrius in Benjamin Britten 's A Midsummer Night's Dream, also singing as Billy Budd, and as Balstrode in Peter Grimes, other roles included: Renato, Amonasro, Germont, Posa, Boccanegra, Iago, Nabucco, Escamillo, Marcello, etc.
He made his La Scala debut in 1965, as Rigoletto, his Paris Opera and San Francisco Opera debut in 1966, as Posa, his Metropolitan Opera debut took place in 1971, as Scarpia, later returning as Don Carlo in La forza del destino, Falstaff, and Wozzeck. He appeared in Vienna and Salzburg in 1970, singing Iago, under Herbert Von Karajan, which he later recorded and played in a film version for him.
He was also a regular guest at the English National Opera in the 1970s and 1980s, adding to his always growing repertoire, the title role in Macbeth, Don Carlo in Ernani, Mandryka in Arabella.
Peter Glossop has a rich and powerful voice, and a strong stage presence. He was one of the finest Verdi baritones of the postwar period.
[edit] Sources
- The Dictionary of Opera and Operetta, James Anderson, (Wings Books, 1993). ISBN 0-517-01956-9
