What is Heather Harper?
'''Heather Mary Harper''' {{Small|[[CBE]]}} (8 May 1930 – 22 April 2019) was a [[Northern Irish]] [[opera]] [[soprano]]. She first became known in 1954 for ''[[Medea]]'' at the [[Oxford University]] Opera Club. From 1956 to 1975, she was a member of the [[English Opera Group]]. She later became noted for her performances of Elsa in [[Richard Strauss|Strauss]]'s ''[[Arabella]]'', Ellen Orford in [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]'s ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' and as the Governess in Britten's ''[[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]]''. She [[retired]] in 1994. Harper was born in [[Belfast]]. She studied at the [[Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance|Trinity College of Music]] in [[London]]. She died on 22 April 2019, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/22/heather-harper-obituary|title=Heather Harper obituary|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 April 2019|access-date=24 April 2019|author=Millington, Barry}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harper, Heather}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:British singers]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:British Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Musicians from Belfast]] [[Category:British opera singers]] [[Category:Sopranos]] {{Bio-stub}}