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Janet Baker

1933 - Today

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Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. Baker is particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. During her career, which lasted from the 1950s to the 1980s, she was considered an outstanding singing actress and widely admired for her dramatic intensity, perhaps best represented in her famous portrayal as Dido, the tragic heroine of Berlioz's magnum opus, Les Troyens. As a concert performer, Baker was noted for her interpretations of the music of Gustav Mahler and Edward Elgar. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Baker is the 1,024th most popular singer (up from 1,255th in 2019), the 3,094th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,397th in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Janet Baker ranks 1,024 out of 4,381. Before her are Tonina Torrielli, Imogen Heap, Snow, Dulce Pontes, Dragana Mirković, and Hande Yener. After her are Blixa Bargeld, Cheb Mami, Lydia Lipkowska, Francesca Lebrun, David Gray, and Måns Zelmerlöw.

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Among people born in 1933, Janet Baker ranks 271. Before her are Máté Fenyvesi, Dom DeLuise, Sinn Sisamouth, Chelo Alonso, Ulrich Biesinger, and Nichita Stănescu. After her are Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Wilfried Dietrich, İsmail Ogan, René Felber, Krsto Papić, and Christa Stubnick.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Janet Baker ranks 3,095 out of 8,785. Before her are Imogen Heap (1977), John Playfair (1748), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Christopher O'Neill (1974), Matthew Locke (1621), and Laura Mulvey (1941). After her are Robin Milner (1934), Ronald Speirs (1920), Philip Stone (1924), Alex Higgins (1949), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), and Terry Venables (1943).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Janet Baker ranks 113. Before her are Biff Byford (1951), FKA Twigs (1988), Limahl (1958), Paul Day (1956), Clare Torry (1947), and Imogen Heap (1977). After her are David Gray (1968), Lewis Capaldi (1996), Peter Pears (1910), Ice MC (1965), Al Atkins (1947), and Nicky Hopkins (1944).

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