Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Anthony Rolfe Johnson CBE ( born November 5, 1940 in Tackley, Oxfordshire, † July 21, 2010 in London) was a British tenor.

Anthony Rolfe Johnson studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London Ellis Keeler and Vera Rosza. After he finished his studies, he was soon awarded the Eva Turner Bursary Award. In addition, he received the John Christie Award.

The singer has performed with the most prestigious orchestras in Europe and gave guest performances at the leading opera houses. He has worked with conductors such as Georg Solti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Maria Giulini, Antal Doráti, Bernard Haitink, Colin Davis, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and John Eliot Gardiner.

His international operatic debut Rolfe Johnson as Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff at the Glyndebourne Festival in southern England. His special voice allowed him a wide repertoire, so he was like as in Johann Sebastian Bach's spiritual work at home in the title roles in Claudio Monteverdi's operas, interpreted the opera by George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn and was a celebrated performer in the works by Benjamin Britten. But his special devotion was to the German and English songs.

On the occasion of the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1992 Rolfe Johnson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE).

Anthony Rolfe Johnson was a founding member of Graham Johnson's The Song Maker 's Almanac.