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Isobel Baillie

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Scottish opera singer

United KingdomMusiciansLived 1895 to 1983 · aged 88
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Dame Isobel Baillie was a Scottish soprano. She made a local success in Manchester, where she was brought up, and in 1923 made a successful London debut. Her career, encouraged by the conductor Sir Hamilton Harty, quickly developed, with breaks in the first years for vocal study in Milan.

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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Dame Isobel Baillie was a Scottish soprano. She made a local success in Manchester, where she was brought up, and in 1923 made a successful London debut. Her career, encouraged by the conductor Sir Hamilton Harty, quickly developed, with breaks in the first years for vocal study in Milan. Baillie's career was almost wholly as a concert singer: she only once acted in an opera production on stage. She was associated above all with oratorio, becoming well known for her many performances in Handel's Messiah, Haydn's The Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah and the choral works of Elgar.

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United Kingdom
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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deceased
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Lived 1895 to 1983 · aged 88
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