| Biography | The English soprano, Jacqueline Delman (born London, England), was trained first as a pianist in her home town, London. She then studied singing in London and Milan and made her opera début in Rome at the age of twenty-one. The same year she sang Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the festival of Aix-en-Provence.
Delman was one of Great Britains most well-known singers of opera, Lieder and oratorio during the period 1950 to 1970. Among her roles in opera and operetta were Violetta (La Traviata), Mimì (La Bohème), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Countess and Cherubino (Marriage of Figaro), Antonia and Giulietta (Tales of Hoffmann), Helena (Midsummer Nights Dream), Rosalinda (Fledermaus) and Hanna Glawari (Merry Widow). She has also sung in many Baroque and contemporary operas and has made guest appearances in opera houses throughout Europe.
Since her marriage to a Swede and her engagement as a soloist with the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 1960, Delman has made Sweden her home. She has taught singing for more than thirty-five years, and has had pupils in all voice categories and on all levels.
After a break from singing of twenty years, Delman resumed perform in recent years. She now makes several concert appearances per year and apart from her traditional repertoire now even performs songs by Gershwin, Kern, Berlin and Cole Porter in a programme entitled Tea for Two. Another much appreciated programme is If my concert dresses could only sing! a fashion show accompanied by a light-hearted mixture of reminiscences and recordings from her long career. |