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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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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Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano), Meredith Parsons (mezzo-soprano), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (baritone), Diane Kesling (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Mari Anne Häggander (soprano), James Morris (bass (vocal), baritone), Kurt Moll (bass (vocal)), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass (vocal)), Mark Baker (tenor), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Birgitta Svenden (contralto), Gary Lakes (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Marita Napier (soprano), Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano), Marilyn Mims (soprano), Reinhild Runkel (contralto), Ruthild Engert-Ely (mezzo-soprano), Linda Kelm (soprano), Ursula Engert (mezzo-soprano), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Andrea Gruber (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Matti Salminen (bass (vocal)), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), David Stivender (chorus master), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerhard Richter (chorus master), Werner Götz (tenor), Anton Dermota (tenor), Wolfgang Hellmich (baritone), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Catarina Ligendza (soprano), Hans Hilsdorf, Peter Lagger (bass (vocal)), Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone), Ivan Sardi (bass (vocal)), Miomir Nikelic (bass (vocal)), Loren Driscoll (tenor), Klaus Lang (baritone), Gerd Feldhoff (bass (vocal)), Roberto Banuelas (tenor), Peter Maus (tenor), Martin Vantin (tenor), Victor von Halem (bass (vocal)), Gottlob Frick (bass (vocal)), Robert Tear (tenor), Herbert Lackner (bass (vocal)), Marga Schiml (contralto), Rotraud Hansmann (soprano), Ewald Aichberger (baritone), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Zoltan Kelemen (bass (vocal)), Lucia Popp (soprano), Anne Howells (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Margarita Lilowa (mezzo-soprano), Alison Hargan (soprano), Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Leipzig Radio Choir, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben, James Levine, Carlos Kleiber, Eugen Jochum, Sir Georg Solti
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