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Lynne Dawson (born 3 June 1956, York ) is an England|English soprano . She came to great prominence through her performance as a soloist in Libera me from Verdi’s Messa da Requiem|Requiem with the BBC Singers at Princess Diana’s funeral in September 1997. Lynne Dawson has recorded over seventy-five CDs and has a varied concert and operatic repertoire. http://www.imgartists.com/? page=artist& id=84& c=2, Lynne Dawson: Full Biography, IMG Artists website. URL accessed on 12 May 2007
Biography
Growing up in Yorkshire, Dawson fully expected to continue the farming tradition of her family, and indeed singing was not her first career; she first worked in industry as a translator. On This Island, Lynne Dawson, Hyperion Records However, later she studied at both the Guildhall School of Music and Britten-Pears School in Suffolk, where her teachers included Rae Woodland , Gerald Moore and Peter Pears .On This Island, Lynne Dawson, Hyperion Records Her time as a music student, however, was limited as she soon obtained enough professional work to embark upon a career and made her operatic debut in 1986 as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro|Le Nozze di Figaro (Kent Opera).Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music, Michael Kennedy (music critic)|Michael Kennedy , Oxford University Press Dawson’s position as one of England’s most versatile and popular sopranos was confirmed by her performance as a soloist in Libera me from Verdi’s Messa da Requiem|Requiem with the BBC Singers at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in September 1997. She still continues a busy musical schedule, is head of vocal and opera studies at the Royal Northern College of Music as well as the University of York and is a Professor of Leeds College of Music . http://www.imgartists.com/? page=artist& id=84& c=2, Lynne Dawson: Full Biography, IMG Artists website. URL accessed on 12 May 2007
Vocal career
Dawson has had an extensive and varied music career. Much of her early work was in early music groups, in particular the Hilliard Ensemble and the Deller ConsortLynne Dawson On This Island , Hyperion Records and her work in early music, in particular the works of George Frederick Handel , are regarded as being notable contributions to the field. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/gramofilereview.asp? reviewID=200209870& mediaID=203602& issue=Reviewed%3A+Gramophone+6%2F2003, Review of "My Personal Handel Collection", Stanley Sadie, Gramophone, June 2003 URL accessed on 12 May 2007 However, in spite of her reputation as a Handel specialist, her repertoire is far more varied - she created the role of 'Mama' in Elliot Carter 's opera What Next? (opera)|What Next? and played Ann Truelove in '' The Rake's Progress , for instance. http://www.lynnedawson.co.uk/index.html, Lynne Dawson: Official Website. URL accessed on 12 May 2007 Her concert repertoire, oratorio roles and recording catalogue are no less impressive having appeared alongside acclaimed singers and conductors alike. She has released three highly acclaimed solo recital discs - My Personal Handel Collection , On This Island and Voyage à Paris .
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''L'Orfeo , Monteverdi (with English Baroque Soloists /His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts/ John Eliot Gardiner ), Archiv (1987)
The Fairy Queen , Purcell (with Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)|Les Arts Florissants / William Christie ), Harmonia Mundi (1989)
Ein Deutsches Requiem , Brahms (with London Classical Players / Roger Norrington ), EMI (1993)
Messiah , Handel (with Choir of King's College, Cambridge|Choir of King's College , Cambridge/Brandenburg Consort/ Stephen Cleobury ), Argo (1994), live recording on Brilliant Classics and Regis Records
''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Mendelssohn (with Susanne Mentzer/Peter Hall Company/ Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate ), EMI (1992)
Orfeo ed Euridice , Gluck (with La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire ), Auvidis (1994)
Riders to the Sea , Vaughan Williams (with Northern Sinfonia / Richard Hickox ), Chandos (1995)
Ariodante , Handel (with Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski ), Archiv (1997)
Zaïde , Mozart (with Academy of Ancient Music / PaulGoodwin ), Harmonia Mundi (1998)
On This Island (with Malcolm Martineau ), Hyperion (2001)
Dido and Aeneas , Purcell (with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / René Jacobs ), Harmonia Mundi (2001)
Hercules , Handel (with Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski ), Archiv (2002)
My Personal Handel Collection (with Lautten Compagney / Wolfgang Katschner ), Berlin Classics (2003)
Voyage à Paris : Chansons françaises (with Julius Drake ), Berlin Classics (2005)
http://www.lynnedawson.co.uk/ Lynne Dawson's Official Website
http://www.imgartists.com/? page=artist& id=84 Lynne Dawson at IMG Artists
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp? name=ldawson Lynne Dawson at Hyperion Records
http://members.aol.com/divadawse/index.html Lynne Dawson Fan Site
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