Film & TV
Liverpool, England, UK
Known for
- Death in Venice — The Traveller1981
- Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… — Himself1979
- Owen Wingrave — Spencer Coyle1971
- The Burning Fiery Furnace1967
- Billy Budd — Mr. Redburn1966
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1931-08-28
- Active to
- 2014-04-07
Discography
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream1966
- Pierre Boulez Conducts Berlioz: Lélio (The Return to Life)1971
- Belshazzar’s Feast / Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten1972
- Choral Symphony1973
- Le Messie1975
- Carmina Burana1976
- The Bells / Vocalise1976
- Requiem1977
- In Terra Pax / Introit / Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice / Magnificat1979
- Pulcinella1979
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- Listeners
- 1,163
- Total plays
- 6,522
Tags
Bass-baritoneClassicalliedervocalenglish
John Stanton Shirley-Quirk CBE (28 August 1931 – 7 April 2014) was an English bass-baritone. A member of the English Opera Group from 1964 to 1976, he gave premiere performances of several operatic and vocal works by Benjamin Britten, recording these and other works under the composer's direction. He also sang and recorded a wide range of works by other composers, ranging from Handel through Tchaikovsky to Henze. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Shirley-Quirk">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- Bath
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- University of Liverpool
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- EMI
- Voice type
- bass-baritone
Show 4 more facts
- date of death
- 2014-04-07
- date of birth
- 1932-08-28
- cause of death
- disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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