John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (born 1931)

John Shirley-Quirk

English bass-baritone (1931–2014)

John Stanton Shirley-Quirk CBE was an English bass-baritone. A member of the English Opera Group from 1964 to 1976, he gave premiere performances of several operatic and vocal works by Benjamin Britten, recording these and other works under the composer's direction. He also sang…