 His other creations at Aldeburgh included the Madwoman in "Curlew River" (1964), Nebuchadnezzar in "The Burning Fiery Furnace" (1966) and the Tempter in "The Prodigal Son" (1968).For the English Opera Group during the 1950s, Pears also sang Macheath in Britten's radically revised version of "The Beggar's Opera", Satyavān in Holst's "Sāvitri", and the title role in Mozart's "Idomeneo".At Covent Garden he created roles in operas by Britten and Walton