Owen Brannigan OBE (10 March 1908 – 9 May 1973) was an English bass, known in opera for buffo roles and in concert for a wide range of solo parts in music ranging from Henry Purcell to Michael Tippett. He is best remembered for his roles in Mozart and Britten operas and for his recordings of roles in Britten, Offenbach and Gilbert and Sullivan operas, as well as recordings of English folk songs.
Brannigan began as an amateur singer and attended music college part-time, while working as a joiner, until his quality was recognised and he was awarded a scholarship during World War II. Although he had an international opera career, he performed most frequently with English opera companies, particularly Sadler's Wells opera, and later at Glyndebourne and Covent Garden. Highlights of his broad repertory included creating three roles in Benjamin Britten's early operas, and two more in later Britten operas that were written specifically for him. On record and in concert at the Proms he was a popular interpreter of the bass-baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Brannigan's oratorio and concert repertory was extensive, covering works from many periods.
OwenBrannigan OBE (10 March 1908 – 9 May 1973) was an English bass, known in opera for buffo roles and in concert for a wide range of solo parts in music...
"Blow The Wind Southerly" from the CD Songs of Northumbria (MWMCDSP86) OwenBrannigan - 20C singer of many dialect songs including "Bobby Shaftoe" from the...
Williams (born 1965), baritone Alice Coote (born 1968), mezzo-soprano OwenBrannigan (1908–1973), bass Katharine Fuge (born 1968), soprano John Rhys Evans...
reflect the people of Drogheda or their values. On 27 August 2019 Keith Brannigan was shot dead in Clogherhead while working on the decking of a mobile...
keep him away. The first studio recording of the ballad was sung by OwenBrannigan. The version sung was arranged by Vilém Tauský as an abridged narrative...
Hendon. Hendon Grammar School Choir released commercial recordings with OwenBrannigan, with traditional British songs. On 1 October 1929, Barnfield Senior...
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Annitsford's most famous sons, the world-renowned opera singer OwenBrannigan. Brannigan was prevalent in "the post-war era: principal bass at Covent Garden...
members included singers from a new generation such as Peter Pears and OwenBrannigan, and the conductor Reginald Goodall. Both Sadler's Wells and the Royal...
Neville, Monica Sinclair, Rachel Roberts, Ian Wallace, Eric Porter, OwenBrannigan, Paul Rogers, Constance Shacklock, Daphne Heard, Alexander Young, Robert...
libretto by William Mann) Conducted by Humphrey Searle Herr Knochen - OwenBrannigan Der Redepartner - John Amis The Hoffnung Festival Choral Society Just...
Sheila Rex, Johanna Peters, April Cantelo, John Noble, Edgar Evans, OwenBrannigan Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra Decca 421,849–2 (1989) 1985...
Hamilton, British politician and Conservative peer (born 1903) 9 May – OwenBrannigan, English singer (born 1908) 11 May – Russell Everitt, English cricketer...
Forrester, Lucia Popp, Maureen Lehane, Mildred Miller, Marilyn Tyler, OwenBrannigan, Thomas Hemsley Brian Priestman Vienna Radio Orchestra CD: Deutsche...
Handel Acis and Galatea—Joan Sutherland (Galatea), Peter Pears (Acis), OwenBrannigan (Polyphemus), David Galliver (Damon), The St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica...
wrote the song Cullercoats Bay. Copyrighted in 1950, and performed by OwenBrannigan/Gerald Moore in 1960, the lyrics sing the praises of the town, claiming:...
Marston, Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr. Marston, Leonard Sachs as Smythe, OwenBrannigan as the company's principal heavy baritone, Thomas Round as the company's...
(drowned) April 18 – Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist, 79 May 9 OwenBrannigan, singer Mark Wessel, pianist and composer, 79 May 21 – Vaughn Monroe...
a rentier widow mezzo-soprano Valetta Iacopi Swallow, a lawyer bass OwenBrannigan Ned Keene, apothecary and quack baritone Edmund Donlevy Bob Boles, fisherman...
in 1959; he performed a comic duet from The Barber of Darmstadt with OwenBrannigan at the 1961 Hoffnung Festival. As a critic, Amis often came across contemporaries...
the music hall patter that traditionally accompanied the performance. OwenBrannigan and Ernest Lush cut the song for Songs You Know & Love, issued by EMI...
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