Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Alfred George Deller NPG x13347

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Godfrey Argent

Deller was discovered by Tippett singing in Canterbury Cathedral Choir during the Second World War, and is remembered for reviving the Purcellian male counter-tenor voice. During the 1950s he sang in early music concerts at the Aldeburgh Festival; and in 1960, inspired by the unearthly quality of his voice, Britten wrote for him the leading role of Oberon in his opera A Midsummer Night's Dream. Although replaced when the opera was presented at Covent Garden in 1961, Deller sang Oberon for the recording... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.