• Name: Philip Langridge
• Birthday: 12/16/1939
• Genre: Classical

Title	Release
Songs from the Pleasure Garden	2007
Songs for Tenor and Guitar by Britten, Maw, Dowland	2005
Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo; The Holy Sonnets of John Donne; Winter Words WA	2004
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes	1996
Britten: Sonnets Op22; Holy Sonnets Op35	1996
Dvorák: Mélodies Tsiganes; Janácek: Journal d'un disparu
Schubert: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4

A world-class opera singer and recitalist, tenor Philip Langridge is in great demand as a performer of a wide range of operatic works, particulalry music by $Britten}, Janácek, and Stravinsky. Praised for his bright and penetrating voice, Langridge is a singer whose impressive vocal strength does not diminish the clarity of his diction. Born in Kent, Langridge studied at the London Royal Academy of Music, where his teachers were Celia Bizony and Bruce Boyce. He worked his way up the professional ladder, from his first appearance, as a Footman in Richard Strauss's Capriccio at Glyndebourne. Not long after his debut at Glyndenbourne, he appeared there in the leading roles of Don Ottavio, in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Florestan, in Beethoven's Fidelio, and Laca, in Janácek's Jenufa. Langridge's Covent Garden debut, in 1983, combined Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges, where he was the Teapot, and Stravinsky's Nightingale, where he sang the role of the Fisherman. In 1985, he debuted at the Metropolitan, as Ferrando, in Mozart's Così fan tutte, and his first Salzburg appearance was in the role of Aron, in Schoenberg's Moses und Aron. Langridge went on to record the role of Aron for the Decca release of the opera under Sir Georg $Solti, a production that won a Grammy Award. Langridge frequently sings the title role in two major Stravinsky operas, Oedipus Rex and The Rake's Progress. He appeared in a production of Oedipus Rex, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, that won a Japanese award for best opera production 1994. His portrayal of Zivny in Janácek's one-act opera Osud (Fate), recorded for EMI with Sir Charles Mackerras, brought Langridge the 1984 Olivier Award. He also sang the role of Laca in Janácek's Jenufa, appearing as Albert Gregor in The Makropolus Affair. Especially appreciated as an interpreter of Benjamin Britten's music, Langridge has sung the title roles in Britten operas

Peter Grimes, Billy Budd), The Turn of the Screw, and Death in Venice. Langridge received two awards for his performances of Britten: a Gramophone Award, for War Requiem, and a Classic CD Award, for The Turn of the Screw. An enthusiastic performer of contemporary British music, he has premiered several works by British composers, including Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus and Tippett's New Year. Langridge sings other important twentieth-century roles, including Andres, in Berg's Wozzeck, Mark, in Tippett's Midsummer Marriage, and Edrisi, in Szymanowski's King Roger. However, his repertoire encompasses baroque and romantic opera: he sang Nerone in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Shuisky, in Mussorgsky''s Boris Godunov, Loge, in Wagner's Das Rheingold, and Benedict in Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict. As a recitalist, Langridge has performed with world-class pianists, including Maurizio Pollini and Andras Schiff. A tour of Schubert''s song cycle Winterreise, with pianist David Owens Norris, was completed by a highly acclaimed performance at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Langridge is married to mezzo-soprano Ann Murray. A recipient of many honors, Langridge became a Commander of the British Empire in 1994. He is an avid collector of watercolors.

~ AMG, All Music Guide