To help celebrate yesterday’s 80th birthday of one of Britain’s finest singers, Neil Gillespie, a friend and admirer who sings in the Royal Opera House chorus, amassed together tributes from Dame Janet Baker’s colleagues, as well as younger singers and conductors, for an anthology which Gillespie presented to her as a surprise present.
This photo of Dame Janet, looking more or less the same as she did when she made her last appearances on the stage in the 1980s, was taken by Gillespie for the cover of his anthology.… [continue reading]
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