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Deborah York | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| Education | University of Manchester |
| Occupation | Classical soprano |
Deborah York, born 1964 inSheffield, Yorkshire, England,[1] is a classicalsoprano in concert and opera, and a teacher and conductor. She has British and German nationalities and has been living inBerlin since 1996.
York studied piano from the age of six with Avis Benn and studied singing from the age of nine with Greta Rawson in Sheffield. Whilst at Aston Comprehensive School she studied percussion with Len Addy, playing in Rotherham Youth Orchestra and Killamarsh Silver Band. At the age of 16 she began singing lessons withJean Allister in Leeds. She studied musicology at theUniversity of Manchester, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree. She then went on to study singing for 1 year in London at theGuildhall School of Music and Drama withLaura Sarti, after which she worked privately withJanice Chapman in London.
Her operatic career began with Mozart, singing Servilia forGlyndebourne Touring Opera and Barbarina atCovent Garden under Bernard Haitink. She then sang Donizetti at Covent Garden and for theGlyndebourne Festival Opera she premiered the role of Mirror inHarrison Birtwistle’sThe Second Mrs Kong. She has appeared regularly at theBerlin State Opera andBavarian State Opera. Her portrait of Anne Truelove in Stravinsky’sThe Rake's Progress, recorded forDeutsche Grammophon with theLondon Symphony Orchestra andJohn Eliot Gardiner, was awarded aGrammy Award. Her recording of Mendelssohn'sA Midsummer Night's Dream withClaudio Abbado and theBerlin Philharmonic,The Last Concert, won theInternational Classical Music Award best orchestral category 2017.
She took part in the project ofTon Koopman to record the complete vocal works ofJohann Sebastian Bach with theAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.[2]
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