What is Philip Langridge?
'''Philip Langridge''' (born Hawkshurst, [[Kent]], 16 December 1939 – 5 March 2010) was a [[Britain|British]] [[tenor]]. He sang in many [[opera]]s. He also sang in many concerts and [[recital]]s. ==Life== Langridge studied the [[violin]] at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] from 1958. Two years later he started singing lessons with Bruce Boyce. He gave his first concert in 1961, singing in [[Handel]]’s [[Messiah (oratorio)|Messiah]] at Surbiton. He sang in the John Alldis [[Choir (music)|Choir]], and in the chorus at [[Glyndebourne Opera]]. Soon he was singing many solo roles in operas. Langridge had a very good sense for drama as well as an excellent singing voice. He sang a wide variety of roles including parts in operas by [[Claudio Monteverdi]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]], [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]], [[Leoš Janáček|Janáček]], [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]] and, especially, [[Benjamin Britten]]. Later in life he sang just one role from a [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] opera: the part of Loge in ''[[Das Rheingold]]''. Langridge was a fine concert singer. He often sang in the sacred music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] and [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]. He was well known for singing the title role in [[Edward Elgar|Elgar]]'s [[oratorio]], ''[[The Dream of Gerontius]]''. Benjamin Britten wrote much of his vocal music and main operatic roles for his friend [[Peter Pears]]. Langridge had the same sort of lyrical tenor voice as Pears, and he became famous for his singing of Britten’s music, e.g. the title role in ''[[Peter Grimes]]'', Peter Quint in ''[[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]]'', Captain Vere in ''[[Billy Budd]]'' and Aschenbach in ''[[Death in Venice (opera)|Death in Venice]]''. Langridge sang in several operas by [[Harrison Birtwistle]]: he sang The Lawyer in the first recording of ''Punch and Judy'' (1989) and he sang the part of Kong in the first performances of ''The Second Mrs Kong'' at Glyndebourne in 1994.and Hiereus in ''The Minot