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John Fryatt

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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Manon Lescaut / Act II: "Vi prego, signorina (Minuetto)...L'ora, O Tirsi, è "Vi Signori, Abati) on Puccini: Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act I: These young men who go a-spying (Osmin, Pedrillo) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act I: There, I got rid of him (Osmin, Pedrillo) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act I: Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave (Constanza, Pasha Selim, Pedrillo, Belmonte) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act I: Ouf! Thank God he's gone (Pedrillo, Belmonte) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act I: March, march, march, off you go (Osmin, Belmonte, Pedrillo) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act II: And yet within my heart (Belmonte, Constanza, Pedrillo, Blonda) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act II: Here's to Bacchus, long live Bacchus (Pedrillo, Osmin) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act II: If men mistrust our honour (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384, Act II: I will. Ah, blame me not… (Belmonte, Pedrillo, Conztanza, Blonda) on Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt & Noël Mangin

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
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'Neill2003Album
Pulcinella Complete Ballet/Vollständiges Ballett / Suites Nos. 1 & 2Igor Stravinsky - Northern Sinfonia, Sir Simon Rattle, Jennifer Smith, John Fryatt, Malcolm King1988Album
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 Singers1978Album
The Abduction From The Seraglio Sung In EnglishWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mattiwilda Dobbs / Nicolai Gedda / Jenifer Eddy / Noel Mangin / John Fryatt / The Ambrosian Singers / Bath Festival Orchestra Conducted By Yehudi Menuhin1968Album
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