biography
| name: |
Baillie, Dame Isobel
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pronunciation:
[baylee]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1895–1983)
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| biography:
| Soprano, born in Hawick, Scottish Borders, SE Scotland, UK. She worked as an assistant in a music shop, then as a clerk in Manchester Town Hall, and made her debut with the Hallé Orchestra in 1921. After studies in Milan, she won immediate success in her opening season in London in 1923. Regarded as one of the 20th-century's greatest oratorio singers, she gave over 1000 performances of the Messiah. She was made a dame in 1978. |
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