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CodeDS/UK/12764
NameArgenta; Nancy Maureen (17 January 1957); Canadian soprano singer
Variations of NameNancy Maureen Herbison
Dates17 January 1957
GenderFemale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginNelson, British Columbia, Canada (born)
BiographyNancy Maureen Argenta is a Canadian soprano singer, best known for performing music from the pre-classical era. She has won international acclaim, and is considered one of the leading Handel sopranos of her time.

Her professional operatic debut was in two roles in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie at the 1983 Aix-en-Provence Festival. In 1990 she received the Virginia P. Moore Prize, an annual award from the Canada Council for development of the career of a young Canadian classical musician.

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