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CodeDS/UK/1580
NameLabbette; Dora (1898-1984); English soprano
AliasLisa Perli
Dates1898-1984
GenderFemale
BiographyDora Labbette (4 March 1898 – 3 Sept 1984) was an English soprano. Her career spanned the concert hall and the opera house. She conspired with Sir Thomas Beecham to appear at the Royal Opera House masquerading as an Italian singer by the name of Lisa Perli. Away from professional concerns she had an affair with Beecham, with whom she had a son.

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