Gillian Knight
Born: 1st November 1934, Redditch, Worcestershire, England
Nationality: English
Gillian Knight is an English opera singer and actress, known for her performances in the contralto roles of the Savoy operas. After six years from 1959 to 1965 starring in these roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Knight began a grand opera career.
Knight joined Sadler's Wells Opera (now known as English National Opera) in 1968 and, in 1970, went on to the Royal Opera, where she performed numerous roles over a period of more than three decades. Knight has performed with many other opera companies in Britain, Europe and America and at houses internationally and has recorded many of her Gilbert and Sullivan and grand opera roles.
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Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Aage Haugland (Hagen), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Norman Welsby (Gunther), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune), Katherine Pring (Waltraute); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall
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Special offer. Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Lillian Watson (Vixen Sharp-Ears), Thomas Allen (Forester), Nicholas Folwell (Harašta), Diana Montague (Fox), Robert Tear (Mosquito/Schoolmaster), Gillian Knight (Forester's Wife/Owl), Gwynne Howell (Priest/Badger); Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Simon Rattle
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Verdi: Rigoletto | Digitally remastered
Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Huguette Tourangeau (Maddalena), Martti Talvela (Sparafucile), Gillian Knight (Giovanna), Clifford Grant (Monterone) London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Puccini: Il Trittico
[b] Il tabarro [/b] Ingvar Wixell (Michele), Plácido Domingo (Luigi), Renata Scotto (Giorgetta), Gillian Knight (La Frugola), Michel Sénéchal (Il Tinca), Dennis Wicks (Il Talpa), John Treleaven (Venditore di canzonette), Yvonne Kenny, Peter Jeffes (Due Amanti) [b] Suor Angelica [/b] Renata Scotto (Suor Angelica), Marilyn Horne (La Zia Principessa), Ileana Cotrubas (Suor Genovieffa), Gillian Knight (La Zelatrice), Ann Howard (La Maestra delle novizie), Patricia Payne (La Badessa) [b] Gianni Schicchi [/b] Tito Gobbi (Gianni Schicchi), Ileana Cotrubas (Lauretta), Anna di Stasio (Zita), Plácido Domingo (Rinuccio), Scilly Fortunato (Nella), Florindo Andreolli (Gherardo), Alvaro Domingo (Gherardino), Alfredo Mariotti (Betto di Signa), Giancarlo Luccardi (Simone), Carlo Del Bosco (Marco), Stefania Malagù (Ciesca), Leo Pudis (Spinelloccio) Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
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