Many regarded Langridge as Pears' true successor because they shared similar vocal qualities and brought uncommon immediacy to the music they performed.

He recorded many of his famous roles, including Peter Grimes and the Prologue / Quint in The Turn of the Screw, as well as all the orchestral song cycles for tenor voice.

[6] Birtwistle composed Vanitas (based on a poem by David Harsent) especially for Langridge's 70th birthday concert at London's Wigmore Hall in November 2009.

[5] In 1976 he created the title role in Thomas Wilson's adaptation of James Hogg's 1823 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner with Scottish Opera.

Langridge is survived by their son Jonathan Philip (born 1986),[8] and his three adult children from his previous marriage: Anita, Jennifer,[1] and opera director Stephen.