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Janet Baker
Details
Position: Singer
Voice: Mezzo soprano
Nationality: English
Chorus 1956 – 57. Kathleen Ferrier Award, (2nd prize)1956. Queen’s Prize (Royal College of Music), 1959. Holder of the Shakespeare Prize for services to the arts 1971; Fellow of St Anne’s College Oxford; Fellow of Royal Society of Arts; Honorary Doctor of Music at Unis of Birmingham, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, London and Oxford. CBE 1970, DBE 1976, retired 1982.
See Opera May 1970 pp 395 – 400, Nov 1976 pp 991 – 996, Feb 1983 pp 146 – 148, Feb 1985 pp 148 – 153. BBC Music Mag Oct 00 p53.
Performances
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 28 September 1965 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 29 May 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 01 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 04 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 06 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 10 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 12 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 15 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 18 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 21 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 24 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 30 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 02 July 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 08 July 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 26 May 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 30 May 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 03 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 05 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 07 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 09 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 17 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 19 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 16 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 20 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 22 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 24 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 26 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 28 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 01 August 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 03 August 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 06 August 1971 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 09 August 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 25 May 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 27 May 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 30 May 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 01 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 03 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 06 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 08 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 11 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 13 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 17 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 19 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 22 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 24 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 28 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 30 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, 03 August 1972 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 15 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 22 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 28 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 30 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 02 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 04 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 06 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 08 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 15 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 17 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 19 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 24 August 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 27 June 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 30 June 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 02 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 04 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 06 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 08 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 10 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 12 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 15 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 17 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo ed Euridice, 11 August 1982 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 22 August 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Details
Position: Singer
Voice: Mezzo soprano
Nationality: English
Chorus 1956 – 57. Kathleen Ferrier Award, (2nd prize)1956. Queen’s Prize (Royal College of Music), 1959. Holder of the Shakespeare Prize for services to the arts 1971; Fellow of St Anne’s College Oxford; Fellow of Royal Society of Arts; Honorary Doctor of Music at Unis of Birmingham, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, London and Oxford. CBE 1970, DBE 1976, retired 1982.
See Opera May 1970 pp 395 – 400, Nov 1976 pp 991 – 996, Feb 1983 pp 146 – 148, Feb 1985 pp 148 – 153. BBC Music Mag Oct 00 p53.
Performances
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 28 September 1965 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 29 May 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 01 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 04 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 06 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 10 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 12 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 15 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 18 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 21 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 24 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 30 June 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 02 July 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Dido / Dido And Aeneas, 08 July 1966 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 26 May 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 30 May 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 03 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 05 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 07 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 09 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 17 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 19 June 1970 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 16 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 20 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 22 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 24 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 26 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 28 July 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 01 August 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 03 August 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 06 August 1971 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Diana / La Calisto, 09 August 1971 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 25 May 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 27 May 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 30 May 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 01 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 03 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 06 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 08 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 11 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 13 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 17 June 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 19 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 22 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 24 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 28 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 30 July 1972 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, 03 August 1972 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 15 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 22 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 28 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 30 June 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 02 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 04 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 06 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 08 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 15 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 17 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 19 July 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Penelope / Il Ritorno D'Ulisse, 24 August 1973 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 27 June 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 30 June 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 02 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 04 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 06 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 08 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 10 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 12 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 15 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 17 July 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo ed Euridice, 11 August 1982 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Orfeo / Orfeo Ed Euridice, 22 August 1982 at Glyndebourne view performance details