Felix Mendelssohn, Harold Williams, Isobel Dame Isobel Baillie, DBE (9 March – 24 September ), née Isabella Douglas Baillie, was a Scottish soprano. She made a local success in Manchester, where she was brought up, and in made a successful London debut.
Dame Isobel Baillie, (9 The esteemed Scottish soprano, Isobel (Isabella) Baillie, was the youngest child of a master baker and his wife. She was a typical "Scottish lass," with red hair and a fair complexion. Showing early musical talent, she had singing lessons from the age of nine and won a scholarship to the High School in Manchester, where her family had settled.
Felix Mendelssohn, Harold Williams, Isobel Born in Hawick, Scotland, in ; died in ; attended Manchester High School and studied with Guglielmo Somma in Milan, – Known for her high, pure tone, Scottish soprano Dame Isobel Baillie made her first public appearance at age
Send them something special Dame Isobel Baillie, DBE (9 March – 24 September ) was a Scottish soprano, popular in opera, oratorio and lieder. She was regarded as one of the 20th century's great oratorio singers. Isobel Baillie was born in Hawick, Scottish Borders, in She married Henry Leonard Wrigley in They had one daughter, Nancy.
View credits, reviews, tracks Isobel Baillie was a lovely, silvery-voiced English soprano who was known for her work in oratorio.
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