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Janet Baker
Janet Abbott Baker, born August 21, 1933 in Hatfield, South Yorkshire, England,
is an English mezzo-soprano whose performing career spanned from the 1950s to
the 1980s. After studying under Meriel St Clair and Helene Isepp, she gained
national attention by placing second in the 1956 Kathleen Ferrier Memorial
Competition. She made her operatic debut in 1959 as Miss Róza in Smetana's The
Secret with the Oxford University Opera Club and debuted at Glyndebourne that
same year. During the 1960s and 1970s, Baker made acclaimed recordings of works
including Berlioz's Les Troyens, Mahler...
Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der AbschiedJanet Baker, Rafael Kubelik and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mahler : Das Lied Von Der Erde
Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im HerbstJanet Baker, Rafael Kubelik and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mahler : Das Lied Von Der Erde
Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der SchönheitJanet Baker, Rafael Kubelik and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mahler : Das Lied Von Der Erde
