April Cantelo
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April Rosemary Cantelo was an English soprano. She created roles in operas by major composers, including the title role of Semele by John Eccles, Helena in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in
April Cantelo, in the 1950s
Colin Davis
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Sir Colin Rex Davis was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959. His repertoire was broad, but among the composers with wh
April Cantelo
…pure, clear lyrical soprano, not large, but capable of flexibility and variety of expression", calling her "a very gifted singing actress". Cantelo met Colin Davis in Glyndebourne in 1948, where the future conductor played clarinet in the orchestra. They were married in 1949. In their first years, called by her…
Davis in 1967
The Royal College of Music, where Davis studied
Glyndebourne, scene of one of Davis's early breakthroughs
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where Davis was musical director between 1970 and 1986