Josephine Veasey
Born: 10th July 1930, London, England
Nationality: English
Josephine Veasey was born in Peckham in 1930 and joined the chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden at 19. Her first solo role there came six years later, when she sang the Page in Strauss’s Salome (which she later recorded under Sir Georg Solti, one of her great champions); she went onto sing major roles at Covent Garden including Amneris, Eboli and Carmen, and also became a favourite at Glyndebourne where engagements including Octavian and Charlotte.