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Reports: Death of a great British baritone

Reports: Death of a great British baritone

Opera singers are sharing sad news of the death, on Thursday, of the legendary Benjamin Luxon. He was 85.

A Cornishman from Redruth, Luxon created the role of Owen Wyngrave in an opera that Benjamin Britten wrote with his voice in mind. He also appeared as the Jester in Peter Maxwell Davies’ opera Taverner at Covent Garden.

A fixture for two decades at English National Opera, he achieved apotheosis as a tremendous 1992 Falstaff. Luxon was renowned as a recital singer, specialising in English songs and making more than 100 recordings.

He retired relatively early with hearing loss.

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