He is a regular guest at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, having appeared there every season since his debut in l970. In 1988/89 he made his debut with English National Opera in The Turn of the Screw and the following season included his highly successful debut as Aschenbach in Death in Venice with the Glyndebourne Touring Company, later filmed by BBC TV.
Robert Tear is also greatly in demand as a concert singer, appearing
regularly at the South Bank Centre and in many European capitals. He has
also worked on many television projects, including the Jeunesses Musicales
War Requiem performances in East and West Berlin to celebrate the City's
750th Anniversary in l987.
He has made well over 250 records for every major recording company,
including Bach Cantatas, numerous recital records, Victorian ballads with
his friends Benjamin Luxon and André Previn, Britten's Serenade
and Nocturne with Giulini for DG and all the major choral works. Recent
recordings include Britten's War Requiem, Mahler's Das Klagende Lied (both
with Sir Simon Rattle), Die Winterreise with Philip Ledger and the
first recording of Schoenberg's arrangement of Mahler's Das Lied
von der Erde for BMG Records with Mark Wigglesworth
and The Premiere Ensemble. His recording of Dyson's The Canterbury Pilgrims
with the LSO and Hickox for Chandos was released in 1997.
In l985 Robert Tear made his US conducting debut in Minneapolis and subsequently has worked with the BBC National Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Northern Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
The 1997/98 season included performances of Billy Budd with Welsh National Opera, Dream of Gerontius with the Hallé Orchestra and coaching at the Aix Festival. During the 1998/99 season, opera performances include The Bartered Bride/ROH, Boris Godunov/ENO, Billy Budd/Australian Opera, Elektra/Bayerische Staatsoper. Concert performances include Das klagende Lied/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Mask of Time/BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC Proms), Elektra/Royal Scottish National Orchestra and solo and conducting engagements with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
Robert Tear is married with two daughters and lives in West London. From 1992-94 he was Artistic Director of the Vocal Faculty of the London Royal Schools of Music, and he currently holds the Chair of International Singing at the Royal Academy of Music. He is an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and in l984 was awarded the C.B.E.
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