Felicity Lott

Dame Felicity Lott , DBE (born May 8, 1947 in Cheltenham ) is an English opera and concert singer (mezzo-soprano).

Life

Felicity Lott originally wanted to become an interpreter, but took singing lessons at the age of 12 and decided, now in Grenoble , to go back to London and study singing. She completed her studies at the Royal Academy of Music from 1969 to 1973. Two years later she made her debut at the English National Opera as Pamina in Mozart's Magic Flute .

Her career brought the soprano to all the major opera houses in the world, and one of her star roles was Marschallin in Richard Strauss ' Der Rosenkavalier .

She is also one of the leading singers of her generation in the song and concert sector and works with all the important conductors.

Felicity Lott has received numerous honorary doctorates. In 1990 she was appointed Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government and in 2001 she was made Knight of the French Legion of Honor . In 1996, she became Queen Elizabeth II. To Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire appointed. Since 2003 she has also been a Bavarian Chamber singer .

literature

• Dame Felicity Lott , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 12/2007 of March 24, 2007, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)

Web links

• Felicity Lott at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
• German Felicity Lott homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BIOGRAPHY. In: Website Felicity Lott. Retrieved July 31, 2010 . 
2. ↑ Dame Felicity Lott. (No longer available online.) Royal Academy of Music, archived from the original on September 24, 2010 ; accessed on July 31, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.