Dame Janet Baker
Born: 21st August 1933, Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality: British
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 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 Berlioz's magnum opus Les Troyens. As a concert performer, Baker was noted for her interpretations of Gustav Mahler and Edward Elgar.
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Dame Janet Baker
21st Aug 2017
On the great English mezzo's birthday, here's Katherine's exclusive video-interview with her, made shortly before her 80th in 2013.
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Dame Janet Baker celebrates her eightieth birthday
19th Aug 2013
Curated to mark the great English mezzo's birthday, this 20-disc set from EMI includes classic recordings of music by Berlioz, Elgar, Mahler and Schubert as well as previously-unreleased material including Monteverdi and Scarlatti with Raymond Leppard.
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Special offer. Elgar: Orchestral Works
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Allegri String Quartet (string quartet), Kim Borg (bass), Richard Lewis (tenor), Peter Dawson (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia of London, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Unknown Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
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Special offer. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), James King (tenor) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Special offer. Mahler - Songs of My Youth
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6, 9 & Lieder
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbirolli
5 CDs: Original price $13.50 Reduced $12.15
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New. Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
Hans Sotin (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), New Philharmonia Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
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New. Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Alexander Young (tenor), Martina Arroyo (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Odd Wolstad (bass), Niels Møller (tenor), Julius Patzak (narrator), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Danish National Radio Choir, János Ferencsik
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