John Beard (c. 1716 – 5 February 1791) was an English tenor of the 18th century. He is best remembered for creating an extensive number of roles in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel. Beard's début came in Handel's 1734 revival of his Il pastor fido, which was a great success. Beard continued to sing for Handel, creating roles in ten of his operas and performing in every one of Handel's English-language oratorios, odes, and music dramas, with the sole exception of The Choice of Hercules. He also performed for Thomas Arne, and sang at the Chapel Royal. His marriage, during 1739, to Lady Henrietta Herbert, only daughter of James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave caused much scandal: Lord Egmont commented that "there is no prudence below the girdle". Lady Henrietta died in 1753.
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- ジョン・ビアード (ja)
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| - John Beard (1716 c.ca – Hampton, 5 febbraio 1791) è stato un tenore inglese del XVIII secolo. È ricordato in particolare per essere stato il primo interprete di un notevole numero di personaggi nelle opere e negli oratori di Georg Friedrich Händel. (it)
- John Beard (vers 1716 - 5 février 1791) est un chanteur (ténor) anglais du XVIIIe siècle. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé un grand nombre de rôles dans les opéras et oratorios de Haendel. (fr)
- ジョン・ビアード（John Beard、1715年10月6日受洗 - 1791年2月5日）は、イギリスのテノール歌手、舞台俳優。1730年代半ば以降のほとんどのヘンデル作品で主要なテノール歌手として歌った。 (ja)
- John Beard (c. 1716 – 5 February 1791) was an English tenor of the 18th century. He is best remembered for creating an extensive number of roles in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel. Beard's début came in Handel's 1734 revival of his Il pastor fido, which was a great success. Beard continued to sing for Handel, creating roles in ten of his operas and performing in every one of Handel's English-language oratorios, odes, and music dramas, with the sole exception of The Choice of Hercules. He also performed for Thomas Arne, and sang at the Chapel Royal. His marriage, during 1739, to Lady Henrietta Herbert, only daughter of James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave caused much scandal: Lord Egmont commented that "there is no prudence below the girdle". Lady Henrietta died in 1753. (en)
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| - A three storey brown brick building with a cupola, and a single storey extension on the left, the foreground is a green lawn (en)
- A Blue plaque on a brick wall with the words "John Beard C1717 - 1791 Singer and William Ewart 1798 - 1861 Promoter of Public Libraries (en)
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| - John Beard (c. 1716 – 5 February 1791) was an English tenor of the 18th century. He is best remembered for creating an extensive number of roles in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel. Beard's début came in Handel's 1734 revival of his Il pastor fido, which was a great success. Beard continued to sing for Handel, creating roles in ten of his operas and performing in every one of Handel's English-language oratorios, odes, and music dramas, with the sole exception of The Choice of Hercules. He also performed for Thomas Arne, and sang at the Chapel Royal. His marriage, during 1739, to Lady Henrietta Herbert, only daughter of James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave caused much scandal: Lord Egmont commented that "there is no prudence below the girdle". Lady Henrietta died in 1753. In 1759 Beard married again, this time to Charlotte Rich, whose father John Rich was the proprietor of the opera house in Covent Garden. After John Rich died in 1761, Beard succeeded to the proprietorship until 1767, when deafness forced him to retire. He sold his interest in Covent Garden for £60,000. He died at Hampton. Handel created several heroic leading roles for Beard, a revolution in the heyday of the castrato voice. The title roles in Samson, Judas Maccabeus, and Jephtha call for strength and expressive qualities over agility. He also sang the role of Farmer Hawthorne in the world premiere of Thomas Arne's Love in a Village. Charles Burney commented that he "constantly possessed the favour of the public by his superior conduct, knowledge of Music, and intelligence as an actor." Burney's article in Rees's Cyclopædia noted that Beard, "an energetic English singer, and an excellent actor, was brought up in the king's chapel. He knew as much of music as was necessary to sing a single part at sight, and with a voice that was more powerful than sweet, he became the most useful and favourite singer of his time, on the stage, at Ranelagh, at all concerts; and in Handel's oratorios he had always a capital part, being by his knowledge of music the most steady support of the choruses, not only of Handel, but in the odes of Greene and Boyce". (en)
- John Beard (1716 c.ca – Hampton, 5 febbraio 1791) è stato un tenore inglese del XVIII secolo. È ricordato in particolare per essere stato il primo interprete di un notevole numero di personaggi nelle opere e negli oratori di Georg Friedrich Händel. (it)
- John Beard (vers 1716 - 5 février 1791) est un chanteur (ténor) anglais du XVIIIe siècle. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé un grand nombre de rôles dans les opéras et oratorios de Haendel. (fr)
- ジョン・ビアード（John Beard、1715年10月6日受洗 - 1791年2月5日）は、イギリスのテノール歌手、舞台俳優。1730年代半ば以降のほとんどのヘンデル作品で主要なテノール歌手として歌った。 (ja)
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