April Cantelo, the silver-voiced soprano who premiered Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – obituary
April Cantelo, who has died aged 96, was a gifted and versatile English soprano with a clear, brilliant voice who rose from the Glyndebourne choir to create the role of Helena in Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1960; she went on to find a special place in… Read More »