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Emma Kirkby
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dame Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Emma Kirkby, Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby
English soprano
Film & TV
Camberley, Surrey, England, UK
Emma Kirkby, studied classics at Oxford and received vocal training from Jessica Cash. Originally, she had no expectations of becoming a professional singer. As a classics student at Oxford and then a schoolteacher she sang for pleasure in choirs and small groups, always feeling at home most in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. Emma Kirkby joined the Taverner Choir in 1971 and in 1973 began…
Known for
- The King's Singers - Madrigal History Tour — The Consort of Musicke2015
- G.F. Handel: Messiah — Soprano 21982
- Henry VIII — Singer1979
- The South Bank Show — Self1978
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Emma Kirkby (soprano) is recognised as one of the world's greatest early music specialists. It is remarkable that she has become one of the most prominent names in her field, having been a classics student, at Somerville College, Oxford, and then an English teacher before her talent and profound ability were recognised - although a part in the Hanford Nativity Play was written especially for her, and has been performed annually ever since (see The Blackmore Vale Magazine Dec 2004). She was educa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Camberley
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.emmakirkby.com
- Image
- Emma Kirkby portrait (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- date of birth
- 1949-02-26
- Commons category
- Emma Kirkby
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- name in native language
- Emma Kirkby
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/208301-emma-kirkby
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