Michael Langdon
Michael Langdon was an English bass, active at Covent Garden and in British operatic life. He was especially admired in character bass and basso cantante repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Britten’s Billy Budd and Giulini’s Covent Garden Falstaff, among other British opera recordings.
Langdon’s singing brought verbal clarity, bass authority and theatrical intelligence to repertory where characte...
BRITTEN Billy Budd
Studio broadcast recording, 1960
Total duration: 2hr 27:09
Edward Fairfax Vere - Peter Pears
Billy Budd - Joseph Ward
John Claggart - Michael Langdon
BBC Men's Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Benjamin Britten
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
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 30:46
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Loge - Richard Holm
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Fasolt - Kurt Böhme
Fafner - Michael Langdon
Erda - Marga Höffgen
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Franz Konwitschny
Recorded live in London, 30 June 1955
Total duration: 1hr 50:15
Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi
Cesare Angelotti - Michael Langdon
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
