Clara Butt
Dame Clara Ellen Butt , DBE (born February 1, 1872 in Southwick near Brighton , † January 23, 1936 in North Stoke , Oxfordshire ) was a British singer ( alto ).
Life
She made her debut at the Royal Albert Hall (London) in Sir Arthur Sullivan's The Golden Legend . She recorded several gramophone records , often with the pianist Lillian Bryant . Agnes Elisabeth Overbeck also accompanied her on the piano before 1904.
In 1900 she married the baritone Kennerley Rumford . Clara Butt has sung at many important festivals and concerts and has been honored with royal awards by Queen Victoria , Edward VII and George V.
For charitable services in World War I , she was raised to the nobility in 1920 as Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) .
She developed spinal cancer in the 1920s , but continued to work as much as possible. For many of her later recordings, she was in a wheelchair .
Clara Butt died at the age of 63.
Web links
- Clara Butt at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- DAME CLARA BUTT - The Complete Discography ( Memento from September 6, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Butt, Clara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butt, Clara Ellen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southwick near Brighton |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1936 |
| Place of death | North Stoke , Oxfordshire |