Person Open DS/UK/5795 Lemmens-Sherrington; Hellen (4 October 1834-9 May 1906); English soprano Lemmens-Sherrington Hellen 4 October 1834-9 May 1906 English soprano Female Preston, England (born)

Musician; Vocals, soprano In 1847, Hellen married Belgian organist and composer Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823–1881) Helen Lemmens-Sherrington (4 October 1834 – 9 May 1906) was an English concert and operatic soprano prominent from the 1850s to the 1880s.[1] Born in northern England, she spent much of her childhood and later life in Belgium, where she studied at the Brussels Conservatory. After engagements in mainland Europe she made her London debut in 1856. Her singing career was mostly in concert, but in the first half of the 1860s she appeared in opera at Covent Garden and other leading London theatres. After she retired from performing, Lemmens-Sherrington became a teacher, at her old music college in Brussels, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Manchester College of Music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Lemmens-Sherrington (April 2019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 5/10/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 9f478c7f-0441-4d67-af75-6242029741a5