Baritone Peter Glossop, 80
Posted: Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 10:38 pmJuly 6, 1928 - September 7, 2008
Peter Glossop was one of the pre-eminent baritones of the Sixties and Seventies and specialised in such testing roles as Rigoletto, Iago, Rodrigo (Don Carlos) and Count di Luna (Il trovatore). Although he was often heard in London — at both Sadler’s Wells and Covent Garden — he was one of the few British singers successfully to blaze a trail abroad and he appeared at all the world’s leading opera houses.
On stage he combined a rugged boldness with a robust vocal delivery; and he preserved a wonderful sense of Verdian line with a sharp understanding of melodic presentation. … Read full obituary
