Jennifer Vyvyan

Soprano

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Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Forbes Robinson; Johanna Peters; George Maran; Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Marjorie Thomas; April Cantelo (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/06/10, Dress rehearsal for the première - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Alfred Deller (Alto); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Forbes Robinson; Johanna Peters; George Maran; Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Marjorie Thomas; April Cantelo (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/06/11 - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/07/25
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Cantata Academica, für Soli, Chor und Orchester, op. 62 "Carmen Basiliense"
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
Harold Lester (Piano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
CD (2) DECCA - The British Music Collection - 468 811-2; CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 396-2 LM

Owen Wingrave, op. 85
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Nigel Douglas; Sylvia Fisher; Heather Harper (Soprano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/07/22 to 1970/07/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Peter Pears (Tenor); Sylvia Fisher; Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Heather Harper (Soprano); Nigel Douglas
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/12/01 to 1970/12/05 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
CD (2) DECCA - 433200

Spring Symphony
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1958/09/05, Edinurgh Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
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Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Chorus of boys from Emanuel School, London / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/11/22 to 1960/11/24, 1960/11/26 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 396-2 LM

The Beggar's Opera, a ballad-opera by John Gay (1728) realized from the original airs by Benjamin Britten, op. 46
Peter Pears (Tenor); Nancy Evans (Contralto); Rose Hill; George James; Flora Nielsen; Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Platt; Gladys Parr; Norman Lumsden (Bass); Catherine Lawson; Lesley Duff; Mildred Watson; Dennis Dowling; Roy Ashton; Max Worthley; John Highcock
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1948/09/22
CD (1) PEARL - GEM 0225

The Little Sweep, Opera in 1 act, op. 45
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); April Cantelo (Soprano); John Noble; Edgar Evans; David Hemmings (Soprano); Joseph Ward; Catherine Wilson; Sheila Rex; Norman Lumsden (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Dennis Dowling
Choir of Alleyn's School / English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/10/01 & 1955/10/02 - Decca Recording Studio No. 1, West Hampstead, London, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 393-2 LM

The Turn of the screw, Opera, op. 54
Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); David Hemmings (Soprano); Olive Dyer (Soprano); Joan Cross (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano)
Olive Zorian (Violin); Suzanne Rosza (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Terence Weil (Cello); Francis Baines (Double-Bass); John Francis (Flute); Joy Boughton (Oboe); Stephen Waters (Clarinet); Vernon Elliott (Bassoon); Charles Gregory (Horn); Enid Simon (Harp); James Blades (Percussion); Martin Isepp (Piano)
Ensemble conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/01/03 ro 1955/01/07 - Decca Studios, London, England
CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - 425 672-2

The Turn of the screw - Long sighing flight of the night-winged bird (Act I - Final scene), Opera, op. 54
Peter Pears (Tenor); David Hemmings (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano); Olive Dyer (Soprano); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Lotte Medak (Soprano)
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/07/13 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland
CD (5) GLOBE - GLO 6903

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Thomas Hemsley (Bass); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Elsie Morison (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Whitworth (Countertenor); Trevor Anthony (Bass); Peter Boggis (Countertenor)
The Saint Anthony Singers / Boyd Neel Orchestra conducted by Anthony Lewis
1957
LP (3) L'OISEAU-LYRE - OL 50139/41

Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Mary Wells (Soprano); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Charles Brett (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Ian Partridge (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten / English Chamber Orchestra (leader Kenneth Sillito) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/09/18 to 1970/09/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (2) DECCA - Double - 4685612; CD (1) DECCA - Serenata - 433 163-2 DM2

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Scenes from Goethes Faust
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Heather Harper (Soprano); Michael Rippon (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Meriel Dickinson (Contralto); Pauline Stevens (Contralto)
Aldeburgh Festival singers / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/06/11, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Meriel Dickinson (Contralto); Pauline Stevens (Contralto); Robert Lloyd; Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Jenny Hill (Soprano); Margaret Cable; John Elwes (Tenor); Neil Jenkins; John Noble
Aldeburgh Festival singers conducted by Benjamin Britten / Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/09/03, 1972/09/04, 1972/09/09 to 1972/09/12 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (2) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 706-2