Geraint Evans
Sir Geraint Evans (1922-1992) was a Welsh bass-baritone, one of the great British operatic singers of the twentieth century. He was especially admired in Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and comic repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Verdi’s Falstaff, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and other Covent Garden material.
Evans’s singing combined vocal firmness, verbal brilliance and a rare gift for character. He could b...
VERDI Falstaff
Live performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 8:13
Geraint Evans Sir John Falstaff
Robert Bowman Bardolph
Michael Langdon Pistol
Regina Resnik Mistress Quickly
Mirella Freni Anne Ford
Luigi Alva Fenton
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
MOZART Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"*
Studio and Live recordings · 1962 & 1954
Total duration: 3hr 15:21
Richard Lewis - Tamino
Geraint Evans - Papageno
Joan Carlyle - Pamina
David Kelly - Sarastro
Hans Hotter - Speaker
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Covent Garden
*Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
WALTON Troilus and Cressida (original version)
Live recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 18:27
Richard Lewis, Troilus
Magda Laszlo, Cressida
Frederick Dalberg, Calkas
Geraint Evans, Antenor
Peter Pears, Pandarus
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
