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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The Musicality of Novello
Valerie Masterson (soprano), Marilyn Hill Smith, Gillian Knight (contralto), David Fieldsend, Mary Hegarty, Tinuke Olafimihan, Josephine Blake, Dion Titheradge, Richard Murdoch, National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, The BBC Radio Big Band Orchestra, John Owen Edwards, Craig Barna, Gordon Langford
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Sullivan and Co.:the Operas That Got Away
Henry Hart Milman, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Gillian Knight (contralto), Julian Sturgis, Valerie Masterson (soprano), Gareth Jones, Frances McCafferty, Francis Cowley Burnand, Richard Suart (baritone), Basil Hood, National Symphony Orchestra, David Steadman
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