A Britten tenor dies, at 93

A Britten tenor dies, at 93

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norman lebrecht

March 21, 2021

The Australian tenor Robert Gard, who replaced Peter Pears as Aschenbach in Tony Palmer’s 1980 film of Death in Venice, has died at 93.

Pears had suffered a stroke and was unable to appear. Gard, an English expat, made the role his own.

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