Heather Mary HarperCBE (8 May 1930 – 22 April 2019[2]) was a Northern Irish operatic soprano. She was active internationally in both opera and concert. She performed roles such as Helena in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Opera House, Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival, and the Countess in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera. She became known internationally when she stepped in for the world premiere of Britten's War Requiem in 1962, and remained associated with the composer's work, but also sang other premieres.
^GRO Register: Leonard H F Buck married Heather M Harper, April/May/June Quarter, Hampstead, Vol 5c, Page 1523
^Sleeman, Elizabeth (24 April 2019). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3 – via Google Books.
also sang other premieres. HeatherHarper was born on 8 May 1930 in Belfast, the daughter of Mary (née Robb) and Hugh Harper, a lawyer. She and her three...
2016. "Our Team | Amazon Conservation Team". www.amazonteam.org. Retrieved February 22, 2016. Heather Thomas at IMDb Heather Thomas at Harper Collins...
leave to make the recording in London. With only ten days' notice, HeatherHarper stepped in and performed the soprano role. Although the Coventry Cathedral...
paper's chief music critic of the period was Frank Howes. Brett, Philip, Heather Wiebe, Jennifer Doctor, Judith LeGrove, and Paul Banks. "Britten, (Edward)...
B Flat Best Classical Vocal Performance Pierre Boulez (conductor), HeatherHarper, Jessye Norman & José van Dam, the BBC Symphony Orchestra & the Ensemble...
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Benjamin Britten (1969, distribution, 2008). BBC. With Peter Pears, HeatherHarper, Rae Woodland, Anne Pashley, English Opera Group et al., OCLC 676295503...
descended from the Perennial Library imprint founded by Harper & Row in 1964. In fall of 2005, Harper Perennial rebranded with a new logo (an Olive) and a...
large number of professional artists. Famous members have included HeatherHarper, Dorothy Dorow, Janet Baker, Sarah Walker, Margaret Price, Robert Tear...
Opera Recording Vittorio Negri (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), HeatherHarper, Jonathan Summers, Jon Vickers & the Royal Opera House Orchestra for...
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Iolanthe, His Masters Voice 1966 Purcell – Victoria De Los Angeles, HeatherHarper, Patricia Johnson (3), Peter Glossop, Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord)...
mind. The Soviet authorities prevented Vishnevskaya from taking part (HeatherHarper deputised) but in January 1963 all three intended soloists took part...
Benjamin Britten Aldeburgh Festival Chorus English Chamber Orchestra HeatherHarper Alfreda Hodgson Peter Pears John Shirley-Quirk BBC 1971 (1971) Karl...
financial administrator, 63 15 April – Les Reed, songwriter, 83 22 April – HeatherHarper, soprano, 88 27 April – Joseph Ward, 76, English tenor 30 April – Boon...
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