voc, 1927-2011 GB
Singer of Classical
John James Fryatt (7 July 1927 – 7 January 2011) was an English actor and opera singer best known for his performance in comic character roles.Fryatt began his career with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1952 in Gilbert and Sullivan roles, then Sadler's Wells Opera in 1959, becoming popular in tenor character roles in Offenbach operettas. His international opera career continued from the 1960s to the 1990s, becoming known in the roles of Don Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro and Sellem in The Rake's Progress, among many others. He also played a role in the West End as Roscoe in the 1987 production of Follies.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Mozart (Le nozze di Figaro) | Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte, Richard Amner, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Heather Harper, Judith Blegen, Geraint Evans, Teresa Berganza, Birgit Finnilä, John Fryatt, John Robertson, Bill McCue, Malcolm Donnelly, Elizabeth Gale, Elizabeth Ritchie, Patricia O'Neill | 2003 | Album |
Pulcinella Complete Ballet/Vollständiges Ballett / Suites Nos. 1 & 2 | Igor Stravinsky - Northern Sinfonia, Sir Simon Rattle, Jennifer Smith, John Fryatt, Malcolm King | 1988 | Album |
Mozart's The Abduction From The Seraglio (Sung In English) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, Jenifer Eddy, John Fryatt, Noel Mangin, Bath Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers | 1978 | Album |
The Abduction From The Seraglio Sung In English | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mattiwilda Dobbs / Nicolai Gedda / Jenifer Eddy / Noel Mangin / John Fryatt / The Ambrosian Singers / Bath Festival Orchestra Conducted By Yehudi Menuhin | 1968 | Album |