Norfolk-born and bred soprano, Jane Manning, dies aged 82
Studying at London’s Royal Academy of Music, she graduated in 1958. Later, she taught music at Aylsham Secondary Modern School and even sang at Norwich Prison. She studied in Switzerland with the famed Frederick Husler after which she moved to London and sang on a full-time basis. Her London debut came in 1964 at a Park Lane Group concert and her first BBC broadcast was in 1965 – singing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Her performance of his melodrama received widespread critical acclaim and is still regarded as a benchmark recording of the work. She performed Pierrot m...
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