Top Songs By Jennifer Vyvyan
More albums from Jennifer Vyvyan
ALBUMPurcell: The Fairy Queen; Songs And AriasAnthony Lewis, Benjamin Britten, Philomusica of London, Jennifer Vyvyan, James Bowman, Charles Brett, Sir Peter Pears, Mary Wells, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Owen Brannigan, Norma Burrowes, Alfreda Hodgson, Martin Gatt, Peter Graeme, Sir Philip Ledger, Kenneth Heath, William Herbert, Hervey Alan & Dennis Egan
About Jennifer Vyvyan
Artist Biography
At three years old, Jennifer Vyvyan won a ball for singing in a local talent competition. Twenty-three years later, she became the first British singer to win the prestigious Concours de Genève and a far more significant prize: a career as an operatic soprano.
Born in 1925 in Broadstairs, Kent, Vyvyan came of age in a post-war England dominated by Benjamin Britten. She began her career in the Glyndebourne Chorus, but it was her close association with the composer’s music and his English Opera Group that helped cement her reputation. Roles including Lady Rich (Gloriana), Governess (The Turn of the Screw) and Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) were created for her, and she also collaborated with William Walton and Arthur Bliss.
But Vyvyan’s repertoire extended well beyond contemporary opera. Her clean, clear soprano contributed to a revival of works from the Baroque era by Handel and Purcell, and she was also in demand as an oratorio soloist. Vyvyan worked at the highest level, internationally, singing for the conductors Leonard Bernstein and Carlo Maria Giulini among many others. Her early death at just 49 cut her short in her prime.
Hometown
Europe
Genre
Classical
Jennifer Vyvyan: Member of
Jennifer Vyvyan is also a member of, or has been a member of the following groups
Similar to: Jennifer Vyvyan
Discover more music and artists similar to Jennifer Vyvyan, like Joan Cross, David Hemmings, Mary Wells