Elizabeth Connell (Soprano)
Born: 22nd October 1946, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Died: 18th February 2012, London, England
Nationality: South African-born
Frances Elizabeth Connell was a South African-born operatic mezzo-soprano, and later soprano, whose career took place mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Connell was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1946, to a Catholic father from South Africa and a Protestant mother from Port Elizabeth, one of five children. She read music at the University of the Witwatersrand, and after taking her degree, taught music and geography in secondary school.
Connell attained an opera scholarship to the London Opera Centre, and came to the UK in 1970. Her teachers there included Otakar Kraus, who told her that 'one day you'll be a dramatic soprano'.
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