Gerald English, born Gerald Alfred English on November 6, 1925, in Kingston upon Hull, England, was a British opera singer. He was a member of the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir and joined the Deller Consort in 1948. In 1956, he made his operatic debut with the English Opera Group, singing Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw. Throughout his career, English performed at prestigious venues such as Glyndebourne Festival, The Royal Opera at Covent Garden, and La Scala. He collaborated with notable composers, including Igor Stravinsky and Hans Werner Henze. His discography includes albums like Italian Baroque Music (1967) and Carmina Burana (1975). English also held academic positions at the Royal College of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. He passed away on February 6, 2019.
