Downes, Sir Edward

Performer

Sir Edward Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was associated with the Royal Opera House from 1952, and with Opera Australia from 1970. He was also well known for his long working relationship with the BBC Philharmonic and for working with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra. Within the field of opera, he was particularly known as a conductor of Verdi. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Andrea Chenier
• Aida
• Cavalleria rusticana
• Rigoletto
• The Girl of the Golden West
• Boris Godounov
• The Force of Destiny
• The Duke of Alba
• Prince Igor
• Madama Butterfly
• Falstaff
• Turandot
• A Masked Ball
• The Demon
• Otello
• Mefistofele
• Don Carlos
• Tosca
• The Troubadour
• La Bohème
• Aleko, TN ii/70
• Don Sebastian, King of Portugal
• The Two Foscari
• Pagliacci
• Faust, CG 4 (Opera)
• A Life for the Tsar, Op. 4
• Gioconda, Op. 9
• Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
• Samson and Delilah, Op. 47
• Iolanta Op.69
• Carmen, WD 31 (Italian Version)
• Carmen, WD 31
• Tannhauser, WWV 70
• Lohengrin, WWV 75
• The Ring of the Nibelung, WWV 86: The Valkyrie, WWV 86B
• Sadko, Op.5
• Fedora