Happy birthday, Dame Janet Baker!
An appreciation that ran in The Telegraph in 2013:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/10252457/Janet-Baker-a-dame-but-not-a-diva.html
A fascinating interview from earlier this year with Joyce DiDonato:
Baker’s classic recording of Berlioz’s “Les Nuits d’ été with Barbirolli:
Live (performance begins at 10:37):
Elgar’s “Sea Pictures”:
Baker as Purcell’s Dido:
Baker as Berlioz’s Dido (in English!):

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