Dame Felicity Lott Dies at 79 After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
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Updated · BBC.com · May 17
Dame Felicity Lott Dies at 79 After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
7 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 17
Dame Felicity Lott died on May 15 at 79, shortly after revealing in a BBC interview that she had terminal cancer.
Four decades of performances made the English soprano one of Britain's best-loved singers, with appearances at major opera houses and concert halls in works by Mozart, Schubert and Richard Strauss.
Her career breakthrough came in 1975 when she stepped in at the last minute as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute after studying at the Royal Academy of Music.
Honored at home and abroad, Lott sang regularly at the BBC Proms, was made a Dame in 1996 and received France's Légion d'Honneur.
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