Deborah York is a British

British people

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 classical soprano

Soprano

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 in concert and opera, living in Berlin

Berlin

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Biography

Deborah York studied voice at the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree, and in London with Laura Sarti and Janice Chapman

Janice Chapman

Janice L Chapman AUA MOA is a distinguished Australian-born soprano and voice coach, author of Singing and Teaching Singing: A Holistic Approach to Classical Voice and professor of voice at Guildhall School of Music and Drama....

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She has appeared regularly at the Bayerische Staatsoper. For the Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an English opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England.-History:...

 she premiered the role of Mirror in Harrison Birtwistle

Harrison Birtwistle

Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH is a British contemporary composer.-Life:Birtwistle was born in Accrington, a mill town in Lancashire some 20 miles north of Manchester. His interest in music was encouraged by his mother, who bought him a clarinet when he was seven, and arranged for him to have...

’s The Second Mrs Kong. Her portrait of Anne Truelove in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, recording for Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon

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 with the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

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 and John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner

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, was awarded a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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She took part in the project of Ton Koopman

Ton Koopman

Ton Koopman is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ , harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam...

 to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

 with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir is a Dutch early-music group based in Amsterdam.The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir was created in two stages by the conductor, organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman. He founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979 and the Amsterdam Baroque Choir in...

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External links

• Deborah York website
• Entries for recordings by Deborah York on WorldCat
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