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April Cantelo

British opera soprano (1928–2024)

April Cantelo

April Cantelo, in the 1950s

Born(1928-04-02)2 April 1928

Purbrook, Hampshire, England

Died16 July 2024(2024-07-16) (aged 96)
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April Rosemary Cantelo (2 April 1928 – 16 July 2024) was an English soprano. She created roles in operas by major composers, including the title role of Semele by John Eccles, Helena in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in several works by Malcolm Williamson such as English Eccentrics.

Life and career

April Rosemary Cantelo was born in Purbrook, Hampshire, on 2 April 1928,[1][2] to Herbert Cantelo, an amateur cellist, and Marie, his wife, née Abraham.[1] She attended Chelmsford County High School for Girls.[1][3] She sang in a church choir and played the piano, taking lessons at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1947 she performed Bach arias with the Chelmsford Festival Orchestra.[1]

Cantelo had an ambition to be a medical researcher, but followed the sugg

Cantelo, April (Rosemary)

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    One of the UK's leading sopranos specializing in early music, April Cantelo has also made a name for herself with roles in modern creations. Born in Purbrook, Hampshire, on April 2, 1928, April Rosemary Cantelo studied singing in church and piano at London's Royal College of Music. After making her debut with the Chelmsford Festival Orchestra in 1947, she abandoned her medical studies to study opera singing at Dartington Hall Arts College, notably with Imogen Holst, daughter of composer Gustav Holst. She joined the National Opera Studio and sang with the Glyndebourne Chorus, The New English Singers and The Deller Consort, founded by countertenor Alfred Deller. After meeting clarinettist and future conductor Colin Davis, whom she married in 1949 until their separation in 1964, April Cantelo made her soprano debut in 1950 at the Edinburgh Festival in

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