Janet Baker
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933-08-21
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Full circle
- Changing cultures, immigrant artists from China
- Run
- The transition of state normal schools to teachers colleges
- Kindergarten
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Janet Baker: In Her Own Words — Herself2019
- Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words — Self2017
- 10 Best Elgar — Self (archive footage)2007
- Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva — Self2003
- Ken Russell's ABC of British Music — Self (archive)1988
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein — Self1985
- Julius Caesar1984
- Donizetti : Mary Stuart — Mary Stuart1982
- Orfeo ed Euridice1982
- Dame Janet Baker Sings — Self (archive footage)1981
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,426
- Total plays
- 35,919
Tags
Classicalmezzo-sopranooperabritishfemale vocalists
Dame Janet Baker (born August 21, 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. She was particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. During her career, which spanned from the 1950s to the 1980s, she was considered an outstanding singing actress and widely admired for her dramatic intensity, perhaps best represented in her famous portrayal as Dido, the tragic heroine of Hector Berlioz's magnum opus
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key dates
- Born
- 21 August 1933
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Janet
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hatfield
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Grammy Awards
- Genre
- classical music
Connections
Categories
1933 birthsBenjamin BrittenChancellors of the University of YorkDames Commander of the Order of the British EmpireEdward ElgarEMI Classics and Virgin Classics artistsEnglish opera singersEnglish operatic mezzo-sopranosFellows of Downing College, CambridgeGrammy Award winnersHonorary members of the Royal Philharmonic SocietyLiving people