Steuart Bedford är född i London 1939 och räknas som en av världens ledande Benjamin Britten-dirigenter. Han har dirigerat Brittens operor över hela världen, och han dirigerade världspremiären på Britten´s Döden i Venedig 1973, precis som han var iniativtagare till den första cdinspelningen av detta verk. Under perioden 1974-98 var han en del av den konstnärliga ledningen vid Aldeburgh festivalen.
Steuart Bedford dirigent född 1939
Han har dirigerat på världens ledande operahus såsom English National Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera och Opera de Paris. Utöver att vara expert i på Britten repertoaren har Bedford också gjort sig känd för sina tolkningar av en lång rad Mozart-operor, men också som konsertdirigent har han arbetat med några av världens ledande symfoniorkestrar. I februari 2009 dirigerade han Brittens Lucretia på Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn.
Metropolitan Opera
| [Met Performance] CID:239310 United States Premiere Death in Venice {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/1974 Debuts: Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Steuart Bedford, Colin Graham, John Piper, Frederick Ashton, Charles Knode, John B. Read, Faith Worth, Bryan Pitts, Alison Woodard, Claudia Shell, Jon Garrison, Frederick Burchinal, Linda Phillips, Anthony Ferro, William Hall, John Stephens, Monte Jaffe, Gary Gowen, Emily Golden, Richard Stotts, Richard Prewitt, Deborah Truxal, Leslie Greenbaum, Tommy Detrich, Michael Puleo, Joyce Gerber, William Read, Norman Phillips, Mayda Prado, James Asbury, John Mack Ousley, Joseph Porrello, Mollie Melachouris, Kathryn Carter, Dianne Childs, Asunción Deiparine Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:239380 Death in Venice {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:239420 Death in Venice {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:239540 Death in Venice {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/9/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:239640 Death in Venice {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:239700 Death in Venice {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/25/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:239790 Death in Venice {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/4/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:239890 Opera News Death in Venice {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/1974 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:239950 Death in Venice {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/20/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:243390 New Production Le Nozze di Figaro {249} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/1975 Debuts: Barbara Bystrom, Wolfgang Brendel Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:243430 Le Nozze di Figaro {250} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/1975 |
| [Met Performance] CID:243450 Le Nozze di Figaro {251} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/1975 |
| [Met Performance] CID:243530 Le Nozze di Figaro {252} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/4/1975 |
| [Met Performance] CID:243630 Le Nozze di Figaro {253} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/13/1975 |
| [Met Performance] CID:244170 Le Nozze di Figaro {254} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/6/1976 Debut: Stafford Dean |
| [Met Performance] CID:244200 Le Nozze di Figaro {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/9/1976 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:244260 Le Nozze di Figaro {256} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:244290 Le Nozze di Figaro {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:244320 Le Nozze di Figaro {258} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/1976 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:244340 Le Nozze di Figaro {259} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:244440 Le Nozze di Figaro {260} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:244890 Le Nozze di Figaro {261} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:245010 Le Nozze di Figaro {262} Hynes Civic Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts; 04/24/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:245080 Le Nozze di Figaro {263} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 05/1/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:245140 Le Nozze di Figaro {264} Atlanta, Georgia; 05/8/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:245210 Le Nozze di Figaro {265} State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas; 05/15/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:245290 Le Nozze di Figaro {266} Minneapolis, Minnesota; 05/22/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:245350 Le Nozze di Figaro {267} Detroit, Michigan; 05/29/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:248440 Le Nozze di Figaro {275} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/1977 Debut: Heather Harper |
| [Met Performance] CID:248500 Opera News Le Nozze di Figaro {276} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/5/1977 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:248560 Le Nozze di Figaro {277} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:248600 Le Nozze di Figaro {278} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:248670 Le Nozze di Figaro {279} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327500 Billy Budd {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/1997 Debut: David Kessel |
| [Met Performance] CID:327540 Billy Budd {40} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/1/1997 Debut: Carl Kranz |
| [Met Performance] CID:327570 Billy Budd {41} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/5/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327600 Opera News Billy Budd {42} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/8/1997 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:327630 Billy Budd {43} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1997 Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:327660 Billy Budd {44} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/1997 |
